##PAGE1##

CRM-M No.388 of 2026 -1-

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

139

*****

CRM-M No.388 of 2026

Date of decision : 14.5.2026

Date of uploading : 14.5.2026

Jehad Mohammad Rehmani alias Jehad Mohammad Rahmany

………….Petitioner

Versus

State of Haryana and another …….Respondents

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL

Present: Mr. Dhruv Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner

Ms. Priyanka Sadar, Senior DAG, Haryana

Mr. Mohit, Advocate, for respondents no.2

---

SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik

Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for quashing of FIR No.119 dated 29.4.2024 under

Sections 204 and 499 of IPC and Section 66-C of Information Technology

Act, 2000, registered at Police Station Cyber Crime, Gurugram, and all

subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of

compromise/affidavit dated 17.9.2025 (Annexure P-2).

2 On 2.4.2026, the following order was passed:

‘The petitioner has approached this Court seeking quashing of FIR and all

consequential proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of a compromise

having been effected between the parties.

The parties are directed to get their statements recorded qua the

factum of compromise in the following manner:

ASHWANI KUMAR

2026.05.14 16:19

I attest to the accuracy and

integrity of this document

CRM-M No.388 of 2026 -2-

(i) The petitioners shall appear before the trial Court/Illaqa

Magistrate concerned on 18.4.2026 or any date thereafter as fixed by

trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate for recording statements of the

petitioners as well as of the complainant qua the factum of

compromise. As and when any such appearance is made, the trial

Court/Illaqa Magistrate shall do the needful for recording the

statements of the parties qua the factum of the compromise. It shall be

open to the trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate to either record the

statements of the parties by physical process or by video conferencing

as deemed appropriate by the trial Court/ Illaqa Magistrate.

(ii) In case the statement is to be recorded by way of video

conferencing, the parties concerned shall be duly identified through

video conferencing by their respective counsel, subject to the

satisfaction of the Presiding Officer.

(iii) The trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate may also choose to get the

statements of the parties recorded through some Commissioner,

appointed by the Court who would be some Advocate having sufficient

standing at the Bar. In case the statement is recorded through some

Commissioner, such Commissioner/Advocate shall furnish an affidavit

after recording statements to the effect that the parties had appeared

before him/her and he/she had recorded their statements as per law

and that the said parties had been duly identified by their respective

counsel. This shall be subject to satisfaction of trial Court/Illaqa

Magistrate.

After recording the statements of all the affected parties in either of

the aforesaid manner, the trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate shall submit its report on

the basis of the statements so recorded as to whether all the affected parties have

entered into a compromise and as to whether the compromise in question is found

to be a valid compromise and has been effected without there being any kind of

influence or coercion.

The trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate shall also report as regards the

following facts after seeking information from Investigating Officer, concerned:

(i) Whether there is any other accused other than the petitioners,

arrayed in this petition?

(ii) Whether there is any other complainant or affected/ aggrieved

party other than the respondents, arrayed in the petition?

(iii) Whether any accused has been declared Proclaimed Offender?

The report be submitted before this Court before the next date of

hearing i.e. 6.5.2026.

ASHWANI KUMAR

2026.05.14 16:19

I attest to the accuracy and

integrity of this document

CRM-M No.388 of 2026 -3-

Petitioner is directed to deposit a sum of Rs.50,000/- as costs with the

Haryana Police Welfare Fund, Bank Account No. 50100097073807, HDFC B