AVTAR SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-60068-2022 132 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-60068-2022 Avtar Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents Date of decision: May 07, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 07, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab. Mr. Inayat Khullar, Advocate for respondent No.2. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Cr. P.C. seeking quashing of the impugned orders dated 09.12.2022 (Annexure P-6) and dated 17.10.2022 (Annexure P-4) passed by learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Khanna, in complaint No.NACT-57-2018 titled as “Parminder Singh vs Avtar Singh” (instituted on 05.02.2018) and all subsequent proceedings arising therein. 2. Learned State counsel has filed status report by way of an affidavit dated 06.05.2026 and explanation by way of an affidavit dated 06.05.2026, in the Court today, which are taken on record. 3. Learned State counsel (on instructions from Dr. Darpan Ahluwalia, Senior Superintendent of Police, Khanna) has brought to the notice of this Court that petitioner – Avtar Singh was arrested by the police