SANDEEP NANGIA AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

131 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.5545 of 2026 Date of decision: 13.05.2026 Sandeep Nangia and another …Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present :- Mr. Suneet Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Sahil Chowdhary, AAG, Punjab. ***** MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral) 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for quashing of FIR No.77 dated 28.07.2025 registered under Sections 115(2), 351(2), 325 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 11(1)(a) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 at Police Station Dhakoli, SAS Nagar (Mohali) and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. 2. Briefly stated, the present FIR has been registered on the statement of complainant Deepak Kumar, resident of Royal Empire, Peer Muchalla, Dhakoli, District SAS Nagar. As per the allegations levelled in the FIR, the complainant along with his brother Pardeep Kumar had been feeding stray dogs in and around the society for the last several months. On 20.07.2025 at about 07:15 PM, when they had gone to Motia Blue Ridge NEETU RANI