IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.121+305 CRM-M-377-2026 (O&M)

Date of Decision: 08.04.2026 YOGENDRA SINGH AND ANOTHER ...Petitioners Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present:- Mr. Sahil Goel, Advocate for the petitioners.

(Appeared through video conferencing).

Mr. N.S. Mahal, DAG, Punjab.

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MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral)

1. This is a petition filed under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023 for seeking quashing of FIR No. 11 dated 18.01.2024, registered under Sections 384 and 120-B of the IPC at Police Station Dasuya, District Hoshiarpur, Punjab, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, including challan dated 10.10.2024.

2. The contention raised on behalf of the petitioners is that the present FIR is liable to be quashed primarily on the ground that there is a lack of sanction from the competent authority as required under Section 197 Cr.P.C. It is submitted that the petitioners are working as Head Constables in the Delhi Police and are posted in the P.O. Staff of Police Station Parliament Street, and the allegations, if any, pertain to acts done in discharge of their official duties. It is further conten