IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-20877-2026 (O&M) Date of decision : 27.04.2026 Shamsher and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Shailender Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioners.

Ms. Himani Arora, DAG, Haryana.

MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), is for quashing of FIR No. 494 dated 08.12.2023, registered under Section 506 of IPC (Section 195-A of IPC added later on) at Police Station Civil Lines Kaithal, District Kaithal along with all the subsequent proceedings having emanated threrefrom.

2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the purpose of disposal of this petition are the aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of a written complaint filed by complainant/respondent No.2-Dalbir Singh Punia alleging that the petitioners along with one unidentified person had earlier kidnapped his cousin Rajbeer at gunpoint after intoxicating him. They allegedly obtained his thumb impressions and signatures on forged documents, including an agreement con