PREET KAMAL KAUR CHAWLA AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-21985-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 257 CRM-M-21985-2026 Date of Decision: 27.05.2026 PREET KAMAL KAUR CHAWLA AND OTHERS ......Petitioners Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Ms. Roja Agnihotri, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Vivek Sharma, AAG, Punjab. Ms. Navneet Kaur, Advocate for respondent No.2. MANISHA BATRA J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS 2023 (Section 482 Cr.P.C.) for quashing of FIR No.0023 dated 10.02.2026 registered under Sections 406, 420, 477, 120B of IPC at Police Station Kotwali Patiala, District Patiala along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise dated 17.02.2026 (Annexure P-2). 2. This Court vide order dated 22.04.2026 had directed the parties to appear before the trial Court 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 have appeared before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patiala and got their statements recorded. On the basis of the statements