IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.201 CRM-M-30234-2025 Date of Decision: 19.05.2026 PARKASH SINGH ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present:- Mr. GBS Dhillon, Sr. Advocate, assisted by Mr. Jagdeep Singh Bajwa, Mr. Jaskirat Singh and Mr. Abhimanyu Shastri, Advocates for the petitioner.

Mr. H.S. Wadhwa, DAG, Punjab.

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MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 482 Cr.P.C.) for quashing of the order dated 25.11.2024 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ferozepur whereby the petitioner has been summoned as an additional accused on an application under Section 358 of BNSS (erstwhile Section 319 Cr.P.C.) in FIR No.0107 dated 18.10.2019 registered under Sections 302, 324, 323, 148 and 149 IPC at Police Station Zira, District Ferozepur.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was specifically named in the FIR, however, during the course of investigation, the petitioner was found innocent and was placed in Column No.2. It is contended that in the