IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 03.02.2026 SATNAM SINGH . . . Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER . . . Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Piyush Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Luvinder Sofat, Sr. DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Y.P. Singh, 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. 7 dated 30.04.2016, under Sections 406 and 498-A of IPC, registered at Police Station NRI, District Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) and all other subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of the compromise and affidavit dated 13.03.2025 (Annexures P-6 & P-7 respectively) arrived between the parties.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and also gone through the case file.

3. This Court, vide order dated 23.07.2025, directed the parties to appear before the trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate for recording their statements with regard to the compromise.

4. Pursuant to the aforesaid order, reports dated 27.10.2025 &

02.02.2026 have been received from the Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, Ludhiana.