CRM-M-8849-2025 283 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-8849-2025 Date of Decision : 25.03.2025 Baljit Singh and another .....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Devansh Khanna, Advocate for the petitioners Ms. Aakanksha Gupta, AAG Punjab Mr. Navraj Singh, Advocate for respondent No. 2 KIRTI SINGH, J.(Oral) 1. Prayer in this petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 is for quashing of FIR No.5 dated 08.02.2024, under Sections 406, 417, 494 and 498- A IPC registered at Police Station NRI, Hoshiarpur along with all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. 2. Learned State counsel has placed reliance upon status report dated 12.03.2025 and submits that Deputy Superintendent of Police, NRI Wing, Sub Division, Jalandhar-1 being supervisory officer, gave direction to the Investigating Officer to investigate the role of petitioner's No. 1 and 2. The Investigating Officer and SHO, Police Station, NRI Hoshiarpur concluded that the petitioner No. 1 i.e. Baljit Singh and petitioner No. 02 i.e. Amarjit Kaur are innocent and offence of Section 406 IPC is not made out and recommended to delete the same. The Deputy Superintendent of Police, NRI Wing, Sub Division, Jalandhar-1 has given supervisory note for declaring the petitioners as innocent and recommended to REENA 2025.03.28 04:57 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh CRM-M-8849-2025 delete offence under Section 406 IPC in the present FIR and thereafter forwarded his report to AIG NRI Jalandhar who forward the same to ADGP NRI Punjab. ADGP/NRI Punjab approved the recommendations and thereafter Section 406 IPC was deleted and petitioners No. 1 and 2 were declared innocent. 3. In view of the above, the present petition has been rendered infructuous and is disposed of as such. (KIRTI SINGH) 25.03.2025 JUDGE reena Whether speaking/reasoned? Yes/No Whether reportable? Yes/No REENA 2025.03.28 04:57 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh