IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-37432-2019 Date of Decision:09.04.2026 Karan Kumar Mutneja …Petitioner Vs.

Manjit Kaur …Respondent Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.S.Shekhawat Present: Mr. Gourav Chopra, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Seerat Saldi, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Krishan Kumar Thakur, Advocate for the respondent.

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N.S.Shekhawat J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C with a prayer to quash the impugned complaint titled as “Manjit Kaur Vs. Karan Kumar Mutneja and Ors” instituted under Sections 376/313/323/452/504/506/217/218/148/149 of IPC (Annexure P-1) and the summoning order dated 03.07.2019 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Court of Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Guruharsahai and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently argued that in the present case, the impugned complaint (Annexure P-1) was filed by the respondent against the petitioner and nine other persons by alleging that the respondent/complainant was earlier married with Boor Singh in the year 2008, however, she was beaten up by her husband and was turned out of her matrimonial house in th