230 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:09.04.2026 Manish Kumar …Petitioner vs.

State of Haryana and others …Respondents Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.S.Shekhawat Present : Mr. Rajiv Kumar Saini, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Parmod Kumar, AAG, Haryana.

Mr. Amarjeet Prajapati, Advocate for respondents No.2 and 3.

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N.S.Shekhawat J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 with a prayer to quash the FIR No.85 dated 01.04.2024 under Sections 363, 366-A of IPC and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012, Police Station Pehowa, District Kurukshetra (Annexure P-1) and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the present case, the FIR was got registered by respondent No.2 by alleging that his niece i.e. respondent No.3 had gone missing since 01.04.2024 and she was not traceable. Thereafter, the investigation commenced and during the course of investigation, the offences under Sections 363, 366-A of IPC and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012 were also add