RAKESH KUMAR DHINGRA vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRM-M No.29394 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 133 ***** CRM-M No.29394 of 2026 Date of decision : 22.5.2026 Date of uploading : 22.5.2026 Rakesh Kumar Dhingra ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another …….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. J.S. Ghumman, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab (on advance copy) --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for quashing of FIR No.100 dated 3.6.2025 under Sections 406, 420 IPC and Section 82 of Registration Act, 1908, registered at Police Station Division No.6, District Police Commissionerate, Jalandhar; and all the consequent proceedings qua the petitioner. 2. At the outset, learned State counsel (on instructions from Inspector Rajwant Kaur, SHO, Police Station Division No.6, District Police Commissionerate, Jalandhar), has submitted that the police has prepared the final report under Section 172 of Cr.P.C./challan and the same shall be filed within a period of 3 weeks from today. ASHWANI KUMAR 3. Faced with this situation, learned counsel appearing for the 2026