HARISH CHANDER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR

CRM-M-6732-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 315 CRM-M-6732-2026 Date of decision: 27.05.2026 HARISH CHANDER ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present: Mr. Rajesh Batheja, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rahul Jindal, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Advocate for respondent No.2. ***** RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL) 1. This is a petition filed under Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, for quashing of FIR No.102, dated 26.07.2025, under Sections 3(1)(r) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (amendment 2015), registered at Police Station Kotbhai, District Shri Muktsar Sahib (Annexure P-1) and consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise dated 21.01.2026 (Annexure P-2). 2. The Co-Ordinate Bench of this Court vide its order dated 05.02.2026 had directed the parties to appear before the Illaqa/Duty Magistrate to get their statements recorded and the learned Magistrate was directed to send its report qua the genuineness of the compromise. 3. Pursuant to the aforesaid order, parties were unable to appea