IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

268 Date of decision: 28.04.2026 Dinesh Kumar and others ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS State of Haryana and another ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Rakesh Chahar, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Onkar Singh Wahla, Sr. DAG, Haryana.

Mr. Anoop Kaushik, Advocate for respondent No.2.

*****

VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for quashing of FIR No.230 dated 08.12.2018 under Sections 323, 325, 148, 149, 120-B, 341 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 3(2)(v) of SC & ST Act, 1989 registered at Police Station Behal, District Bhiwani along with all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise dated 10.11.2025 (Annexure P-2).

2. The aforesaid FIR was registered on the statement of Praveen son of Dalbir resident of Sandwa, District Bhiwani, relevant part of which is extracted as under:-

“…….I live at the above address and work as a labourer. My maternal uncle Rajendra, resident of Bidhwan, is a mason. I also work with my maternal uncle Rajendra and live with him in Bidhwan. I come home approximately once in 15-20 days. On 6.12.18, I was coming to my village Sandwa on my uncle's motorcycle Delux number HR-17A-2416. When I was going to my village via Katwar Busan, after leaving Busan village, when I reached near Sidh Yogi Baba temple at around 6.30 PM, a white coloured Alto car with a black roof was parked on the side of the road and a boy was sitting on the driver's seat and four boys were holding sticks in their hands. They stopped me by standing in front of my motorcycle and as soon as I was stopped, all of them started beating me. Two of those boys had tied a cloth on their mouths, one of whom is Sandeep son of Omprakash resident of Bidhwan caste Jat, the son of my uncle, whose name I do not know, I can identify him if he comes in front, nor do I know the names and addresses of the other boys with him. These four boys hit me all over my body with sticks, resulting in fractures to the fingers of my left hand, and injuries to both my legs and waist. They left me unconscious and fled in their Alto car. I regained consciousness only after reaching home and found out that a boy from my village, belonging to the Jile Singh caste Jat, and another boy with him, had picked me up from there in an unconscious situation and brought me home. My uncle's son, Ankush, son of Suraj Bhan, and my father arranged for transportation from home and admitted me to be taken to Haryana Hospital, Isharwal. From there, they asked me to be taken to Hisar, so my family brought me to Surya Hospital, Hisar, where I am currently undergoing treatment. I have no enmity with these boys. But around a month ago, Sandeep, son of Omprakash, caste Jat, resident of Bidhwan, had a dispute with my maternal uncle's son, Ashok, son of Sushil, over Ashok's tractor driving over mud near Sandeep's house. I intervened and resolved the matter. The dispute ended that day, but Sandeep told me, "Dhed (a caste-indicating word), you'll have to face the consequences. We'll definitely see you when we get a chance." I strongly suspect that Sandeep, resident of Bidhwan, had these injuries inflicted on me on 6.12.2018. One of them was Sandeep's uncle's son. On 6.12.2018, I had settled the matter with my maternal uncle Rajendra and brought 30,000 rupees. When I returned home, I didn't find it. I don't know if the boys took it away or it fell somewhere during the fight.”

3. However, with the intervention of the respectables, the parties have decided to compromise the matter. Hence, the present petition. The parties were thus directed to appear before the learned trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate vide order dated 13.11.2025 of this Court, to get their statements recorded regarding the compromise arrived at between the parties and a report in this regard was called for.

4. Pursuant to the said orde