IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

279 Date of decision: 12.02.2026 Kuldeep Singh and others ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS State of Punjab and another ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Prince Goyal, Advocate (through V.C.) for the petitioners.

Mr. Saurav Verma, Addl. AG, Punjab.

Ms. Chhavi Budhiraja, Advocate for Mr. Ravinder Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

Prayer in the present petition filed by the petitioner(s) under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for seeking quashing of FIR bearing No.0179 dated 14.06.2019, under Section(s) 336, 160, 506, 509, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, 1959, registered at Police Station Sohana, District S.A.S. Nagar (Annexure P-1), along with all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise dated 08.05.2022 (Annexure P-2).

2. The FIR in the present case was registered on the statement of Satpal Singh @ Pal Singh, son of Jagir Singh, resident of Village Sekhan Majra, District SAS Nagar (Mohali), relevant part of which reads as under:-

“….that I am a resident of the above address. On 13-06-19, at about 9:45 PM, I was sleeping at home along with my family. My son Gurjant Singh, age 22/23 years, who came into the house after working from outside, I was sleeping upstairs. He called me on my phone and said that Kuldeep Singh son of Raghbir Singh and his son Satnam Singh alias Sonu and with him Hardeep Singh son of Raghbir Singh and with him Joga Singh son of Amrik Singh, Jagjit Singh alias Jaggi son of Nirmal Singh and Narinder Singh son of Harnek Singh, residents of village Sekhan Majra and some others were outsiders. They came in our street and started shouting and throwing bricks. One of them, Satnam Singh alias Sonu fired in the air, kept abusing me and said that if you come out of the house today, we will kill you. In the meantime, my family and neighbours also got up with me and came outside. These people were armed with deadly weapons, such as swords and sticks. More people started gathering. As soon as they saw them, they ran away from the spot with their weapons. There were also vehicles nearby, whose numbers we could not read at the spot. I, Randhir Singh son of Bachan Singh, former Sarpanch Jasvir Singh son of Naib Singh, Avtar Singh son of Jagir Singh, Sandeep Singh son of Tarlochan Singh, residents of village Sekhan majra, have also witnessed the incident. I have come to you with whom I have brought information. The reason for the enmity is that we had helped the opposition during the Panchayat elections. Therefore, Kuldeep Singh and his son along with their associates have fired aerial fire, abused us, and pelted us with bricks and stones. Appropriate action should be taken against them.”

3. However, with the intervention of the respectables, the parties have decided to compromise the matter. Hence, the present petition.

4 The parties were thus directed to appear before the learned trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate vide order dated 13.10.2025 of this Court, to get their statements recorded regarding the compromise arrived at between the parties and a report in this regard was called for.

5 Pursuant to the said order, a report has been received from Judicial Magistrate First Class, SAS Nagar (Mohali), vide Memo No.291 dated 12.11.2025. The relevant extract of the report is reproduced as under: -

“The point wise reply of the information as desired by the Hon'ble High court is as follows:-

Regarding point (i) it is submitted that there are six accused persons namely Kuldeep Singh S/o Raghbir Singh, Jagjeet Singh @ Jaggi S/o Nirmal Singh, Narinder Singh S/o Harnek Singh, Joga Singh @ Kamaljeet Singh S/o Amrik Singh, Satnam Singh S/o Kuldeep Singh and Hardeep Singh S/o Raghbir Singh involved in the present FIR.

Regarding point (ii) it is submitted that there is only one complainant namely Satpal Singh @ Pal Singh i