LAKHVIR SINGH vs SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION TO CURELTY TO ANIMALS

(135) CRM-M-16740-2025 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (135) CRM-M-16740-2025 DATE OF DECISION: 21.05.2026 Lakhvir Singh ........Petitioner VERSUS Society for Prevention to Cruelty to Animals, Field Inspector, SPCA, Chandigarh .........Respondent CORAM HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present Mr.Darshan Singh, Advocate, and Mr. Didar Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. None for the respondent. *** SUBHAS MEHLA, J (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short - ‘the BNSS’) for quashing of impugned order dated 13.09.2024 (Annexure P-2) passed by learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Chandigarh whereby the petitioner has been summoned to face trial in complaint case No. COMA/17464/2024 under Section 34 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (for short - ‘the Act’). 2. As per report of the registry, notice issued to respondent has been received back served, however there is no representation on his behalf today. 3. The limited prayer of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the impugned complaint is barred by limitation as the incident pertains to 01.03.2024 whereas th