261 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 11.02.2026.

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CRM-M-45294-2023 (O&M)

SAHEB RISHEB ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ...Respondent(s)

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CRM-M-48545-2019 (O&M)

ANITA SEKHRI ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER …Respondent(s)

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ANITA SEKHRI ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER …Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Ms. Ishima Randhawa, Advocate, and Ms. Akshita Tandon, Advocate, for the petitioner(s).

Mr. Saurav Verma, Addl. A.G. Punjab.

Mr. Deepak Girotra, Advocate, for respondent No.2.

VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

The above-mentioned three petitions seeking quashing of the FIRs along with all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are being decided by this common order, as they pertain between the same parties and emanate from the same dispute. The petitioner Saheb Risheb in CRM-M- 45294-2023 is the son of Anita Sekhri, petitioner in CRM-M-48454-2019 and CRM-M-48606-2019.

2 The details of the cases are tabulated as under: -

3 Both the FIRs i.e. FIR No.618 dated 11.10.2016, as well as FIR No.387 dated 18.08.2016, have been got registered on the statement of Dhani Ram-respondent No.2. FIR No.618 dated 11.10.2016, registered under Sections 420, 120-B IPC at Police Station Civil Lines, District Police Commissionerate, Amritsar, is reproduced as under:-

“Subject: Fraud of Rs. 11 lakhs by Prof Anita Sekhri Deptt of Economics DAV College, Amritsar. Esteemed Sir, I am to submit as under:-1. Prof Anita Sekhri has been working as a lecturer in Economics at DAV College, Amritsar and residing at 25 B;Guru Amardas Avenue Ajnala Road Amritsar with mobile. No. 981 5285186. 2. The undersigned has served DAV College, Amritsar as Lecturer in Eco, From 1967-1991 and after that served as principal DAV College Batala (1991-1997), K.R.M DAV college Nakodar, Distt. Jalandhar (1997-2000) and DAV college Amritsar (2004-05) and 2005-06 and retired thereafter. 3. Prof. Anita Sekhri had been my student as well as colleague at DAV College Amritsar. 4. Being a teacher and principal I was given to understand that her married life had been a disturbed one. 5. It was in the month of January 2012 when the undersigned had been working in Lovely Professional University, Phagwara that Prof. Anita Sekhri demanded an amount of Rs. 8 lakhs as a loan because her husband had deserted her and had filed several cases in the court of law at Amritsar against his wife namely case regarding the bouncing of cheques with very heavy amount and claiming his right on the property at 25-B Guru Amardas avenue Ajnala Road, Amritsar. 6. When I expressed my helplessness in giving such a big amount of loan she had offered me to purchase one plot measuring 152.88 sq. Yards Gumtala Sub Urban Abadi Colony Tehsil Amritsar-2 at the road of Jujhar Singh Avenue, Amritsar Plot was purchased by paying an amount of Rs. 11 lakhs and the registry was done in my name. 7. It was in the month of July 2015 that Prof. Anita Sekhri, informed that she might loss the case of ownership of property in the court therefore, she desired to transfer her property 25-B Guru Armadas Avenue Ajnala Road Amritsar in my name otherwise her family including mother and son shall be homeless. 8. In September 2015 her kith was transferred in my name in the District Court, Amritsar. 9. In November 2015, Prof. Anita Sekhri informed that Punjab Govt. has imposed property tax on buildings as well as on plots. 10. Since I have been working at Vedic Mohan Ashram, a Guest house of DAV at Haridwar from

2012 1 had spent original registry to her at Amritsar so that required property tax could be paid. 11. After about six months, I started demanding my original registry but she agreed to return the same after her property at 25-B Guru Amar Dass Avenue, Ajnala Road, Amritsar was transferred from my name to her name. 12. On 26-02-16 I went to Amritsar & the property was transferred, in her name in the presence of Mr. Pan