# HARMESH KUMAR & ORS vs STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Date: 2026-07-15
Citation: CRM-M 37795/2026
Petitioner: HARMESH KUMAR & ORS
Respondent: STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

CRM-M-37795-2026 (O&M) -:1:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (149) CRM-M-37795-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision:15.07.2026 HARMESH KUMAR & ORS … Petitioners Versus STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR ... Respondents -.- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present:- Mr. Vipul Jindal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Jasjit Singh Rattu, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Anupam Singla, Advocate for respondent No.2. -.- VIRINDER AGGARWAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been instituted under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), read with Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the exercise of the inherent and extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court for quashing FIR No. 246 dated 16.11.2016, registered under Sections 420, 406 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (corresponding to Sections 318(4), 316(2) and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) at Police Station Sadar Dhuri, District Sangrur (Annexure P-6). 1.1. The petitioner has also sought quashing of the order dated 13.08.2025 (Annexure P-7) passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist GAURAV SOROT 2026.07.15 17:11 I a

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