IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-16616-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 27.03.2026 AMIT CHOPRA ...Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL Present: Mr. Vikas Bali, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Kunwarbir Singh, AAG Punjab.

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SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Vide this petition under Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, petitioner seeks quashing/setting aside of order dated 16.02.2026 of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalandhar, vide which application under Section 216 Cr.P.C. filed by prosecution in case arising out of FIR No. 0032 dated 24.03.2022 under Sections 354, 509, 323, 427 and 34 Indian Penal Code, Police Station Division-3, District Police Commissionerate, Jalandhar, for alteration of charge was allowed.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the aforementioned FIR was registered on false complaint of respondent No. 2. After registration of the case, petitioner and his father moved an application for re-investigation, free and fair investigation and after conducting an enquiry, offences under Sections 323, 354 IPC were deleted from the FIR.