RAJIV MOHAN RAI @ RAJIV AND ANR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR

CRM-M-36773-2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA CHANDIGARH 148 CRM-M-36773-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 13.07.2026 RAJIV MOHAN RAI @ RAJIV AND ANOTHER …Petitioners V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL Present: Mr. Davinder Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Kunwarbir Singh, AAG Punjab. **** SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL J.(ORAL) 1. Petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 199 dated 28.06.2020 under Sections 323, 341, 482, 186, 188, 269, 270, 506, 148, 149 Indian Penal Code, Police Station Derabassi, District SAS Nagar (Mohali) and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom including summoning order dated 06.01.2026 of learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Dera Bassi. 2. Complainant Inder Sandhu, District Animal Welfare Officer, Animal Welfare Board of India reported on 27.06.2026 that he received information from PFA office regarding cruelty against stray dogs in Gulmohar City, Derabassi. He was asked to investigate the case. On reaching the society, at about 5.45 pm, he spoke to the guard and was told that the guards had turned off the street light at 11.00 PM. He spoke to Ishwar who informed that he was told by