USHA MALHOTRA vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-11999-2016 -1- (277) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-11999-2016 Date of Decision: 12.05.2026 USHA MALHOTRA ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB & ANOTHER ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Sachin Sharma, Advocate with Ms. Rakhi Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Attar Ahmed, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Vishal Gupta, Advocate for respondent No.2. **** JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. The prayer in the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is for quashing of complaint case No.188/11 dated 01.05.2008 (Annexure P-1) titled as “Ramesh Chander Khanna Vs. Nidhi Kakkar & others” registered under Section 500 IPC, the summoning order dated 03.12.2009 (Annexure P-2) and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. 2. The brief facts of the case are that Ramesh Chander Khanna/complainant-respondent No.2 (hereinafter referred to as the respondent No.2) filed a complaint stating that he had been falsely implicated and consequently defamed in FIR No.215 dated 17.08.2005 U/s 406, 498-A IPC, P.S. Nawanshahr at the instance of Nidhi Kakkar, the wife of his near JITESH LAL 2026.05.15 11:01 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this