IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

256 CRM-M-73765-2025 (O&M).

Date of decision: 16.04.2026.

HARVINDER SINGH ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Shivaly Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner(s).

Dr. (Ms.) Savi Nagpal, AAG, Punjab.

Ms. Neha Rani, Advocate, for respondent No.2.

VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

Prayer in the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for quashing of case bearing FIR No.10 dated 29.01.2013 under Section(s) 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, (Section 120-B IPC later on deleted), registered at Police Station City Kharar, District S.A.S. Nagar, along with all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise dated 17.11.2025 (Annexure P-3).

2 The aforesaid FIR was registered on the complaint of Jaswant Singh @ Bant Singh which reads as under: -

“Respected Sir, it is requested that 1. my ancestors Sh.

Karamchand s/o Atami s/o Goapala and Hans s/o Sh. Atami s/o Goapala and Ronki s/o Gopala are having ownership and possession of ancestral property bearing Khewat no. 313 Khatuni no. 349 and Khasra по. 6//11/2(1-0)12/5(0-11)13/3(0-4)20/4(0-08) Killa 04 Tyadid 2 Kanal 3 Marla's ½ part is located in village Jandpur Hadbast No. 28 Tehsil & District Mohali. 2. The above mentioned persons were our old elders. In regard to the above property, on 16-6-11, wrongdoers have in collusion with the employees of Revenue Department registered a Power of Attorney Vasika no. 593 Book no.4 on the name of Harvinder Singh s/o Gurnam Singh s/o Bacchan Singh r/o randhawa road Kharar at the office of Sub Registrar Kharar and thereafter with regard to the aforesaid property, the power of attorney holder Harvinder Singh has registered a sale agreement vasika no. 5703 book no. 01 dated 18-8-11 in favor of one Rajinder Singh s/o Amarjit Singh r/o Village Kandala District SAS Nagar at the office of Sub Registrar Kharar. 3. That the aforesaid Harwinder Singh and Rajinder Singh have in collusion with the Revenue Department employee particularly Patwari Randhir Singh, these wrong-doers have tried to grab our ancestral property. Because the power of attorney registered in the name of Harvinder Singh has been witnessed by Narinder Singh Advocate instead of the village Numberdar, ignoring the instructions of the government, which is completely wrong. Because only the village Numberdar can correctly identify the real owner. Apart from this, the address of the owner in the power of attorney is written as Morinda instead of village Jandpur and the identification proofs required by the government for the registration of the vasika are also not complete, out of which only one person's identification proof has been attached. In it, only the side with the name and paternity of the person has been photocopied and the side with the address has not been photocopied. 4. 1 have contacted Halqa Patwari Randhir Singh to get a copy of concerned Jamabandi Record, but the Patwari did not issue the Jamabandi of the above said property owned by my elders and the copy of the jamabandi was issued to the said wrong-doers without any objection. From which it is clear that the starting of the whole case was done by Patwari Randhir Singh because he had full knowledge about the death of the owner of the property who has registered the said document together with the concerned wrongdoers. 5. That the said land falls in the area of Khasra Number of Sunny Enclave where commercial and residential plots are made where at present the price of one acre of the land is more than 4 crores. Therefore, Patwari Randhir Singh, in collaboration with the Revenue Department employees, has prepared this fake document and has sold our land worth Rs.21 lakh 50 thousand to Rajinder Singh son of Amarjit Singh, resident of village Kandala. The power of attorney has been written from Mangal Sain, Va