IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-43712-2022 Date of Decision:- 02.02.2026 Vikram Mahajan ....Petitioner Vs.

State of Punjab and Another ...Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE AMARJOT BHATTI Present:- Mr. Jasdeep S. Gill, Senior Advocate assisted by Ms. Harleen Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Manjot Kaur, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Varun Puri, Advocate for respondent No. 2 (through V.C.).

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AMARJOT BHATTI, J.

1. Petitioner Vikram Mahajan has filed petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of order dated 30.07.2022 (Annexure P-3) passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pathankot, whereby while accepting cancellation report submitted by police in FIR No. 169 dated 17.10.2020 registered under Section 498-A IPC at Police Station Division No. 1 Pathankot, District Pathankot, Punjab (Annexure P-1), protest petition filed by complainant has been ordered to be registered as a private complaint, which is totally against the spirit of Code as well as law on the said subject, thus, order to this extent is illegal and liable to be set aside or issuance of any appropriate order or direction which the Court may deem fit in the given facts and circum