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.

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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 a