IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 30.01.2026 AKSHAY VERMA ......Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. A.P. Kaushal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Yadwinder Singh, AAG, Punjab.

Ms. Pallavi Bahre, Advocate for Mr. Varun Singla, Advocate for respondent No.2.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for quashing of FIR No. 116 dated 12.07.2024, under Sections 376 and 493 of IPC (Section 312 of IPC added later on), registered at Police Station Civil Lines, District Patiala (Annexure P-1) and all other subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of the compromise dated 15.10.2025 (Annexure P-3).

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner and respondent No. 2 have solemnized their marriage on 06.11.2025 and are residing together. In this regard, reliance has been placed upon the judgments passed in Kapil Gupta Vs. State of N.C.T. of Delhi and another, 2022 (4) RCR (Crl.) 497, and in Karan Sharma Vs. State of Haryana and another, 2021 (1) Law Herald 149 and