Mahinder Kaur v. State of Punjab & Ors.
Case at a glance
Outcome
Disposed of
present petition is disposed of
Provisions considered
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 s. 482
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 s. 365
- Constitution of India art. 21
Key paragraphs
- Para 33. Without commenting further on the merits of the case and in view of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and also in view of the fact that the jurisdictional Court is seized of the matter, the present petition is disposed of.
Judgment
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Vishal Munjal, Advocate for Mr. Sunil Agnihotri, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rishabh Singla, AAG, Punjab. Ms. Jyotika Behl, Advocate for Mr. Satbir Rathore, Advocate for respondent No.5. HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral)
Prayer in this petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., is for issuance of direction to learned trial Court in FIR No.45 dated
11.07.2015 registered under Section 365 IPC at Police Station Gardhiwala, District Hoshiarpur (Annexure P-4) to decide the matter within a period of four months in view of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
Learned State counsel submits that after a thorough investigation, a cancellation report was prepared and submitted before the jurisdictional Court. The complainant/petitioner has already filed a protest petition and the same is pending consideration before the jurisdictional Court. MOHD YAKUB 2025.07.07 18:13 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh CRM-M No.32923 of 2023 2
Operative part
Without commenting further on the merits of the case and in view of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and also in view of the fact that the jurisdictional Court is seized of the matter, the present petition is disposed of.
The learned jurisdictional Court is directed to consider the cancellation report as well as the protest petition filed by the petitioner and pass appropriate order strictly in terms of the judgment rendered by this Court in Pawan Kharbanda vs State of Punjab and another, passed in CRM-M No.3193 of 2025, decided on 29.01.2025, after affording adequate opportunity to the petitioner to file his written objections if any, with regard to any shortcomings and bias in the investigation carried out by the investigating agency. (HARPREET SINGH BRAR) JUDGE
04.07.2025 Whether speaking/reasoned: Whether reportable: Yes/No Yes/No
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: present petition is disposed of
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482; Indian Penal Code, 1860 — s. 365; Constitution of India — art. 21.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Punjab & Haryana High Court, on 04 Jul 2025. The bench was HARPREET SINGH BRAR.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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