- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE J.M.KHAZI WRIT PETITION NO. 21988 OF 2021 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: 1. NEERAJ KUMAR CHANDHA S/O SUDESH KUMAR CHADHA AGE 43 YEARS R/O J -102, VAISHNAVI RATHNAM APARTMENTS JALAHALLI CROSS, T DASARAHALLI BANGALORE-560 057 2. SUDESH KUMAR CHADHA S/O LATE JATTU MAL CHADHA AGE 80 YEARS R/O J -102, VAISHNAVI RATHNAM APARTMENTS JALAHALLI CROSS, T DASARAHALLI BANGALORE-560 057 3. VINAY MALHOTRA W/O SUDESH KUMAR CHADHA AGE 73 YEARS R/O J -102, VAISHNAVI RATHNAM APARTMENTS JALAHALLI CROSS, T DASARAHALLI BANGALORE-560 057 4. RAJEEV CHADHA S/O SUDESH KUMAR CHADHA AGE 45 YEARS R/O J -102, VAISHNAVI RATHNAM APARTMENTS JALAHALLI CROSS, Digitally signed by JUANITA THEJESWINI Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 T DASARAHALLI BANGALORE-560 057 …PETITIONERS (BY SRI.NEERAJ KUMAR CHADHA, (P1 IN PERSON) AND ALSO FOR P2 TO P4) AND: DEEPIKA NANDWANI D/O RAMAKANT NANDWANI 164/A, MAHAJAN STREET INSAR CHOWK, PANIPAT-132 103 HARAYANA …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. ABISHEK MARLA M J, ADVOCATE) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 & 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO APPLICANT/PETITIONER NO.1 BE ALLOWED TO APPEAR ON BEHALF OF ALL FOUR APPLICANTS AND QUASH THE APPLICATION, PROCEEDINGS AND THE NOTICE NO.COMA/ 181/2021 ISSUED BY THE JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE 1ST CLASS PANIPAT ANNEXED AS ANNEXURE-A, B, C, D. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR DICTATING ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE J.M.KHAZI ORAL ORDER Petitioners who are respondent Nos.1 to 4 in a petition filed under the provisions of Section 12 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, on the - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 file of JMFC, Panipat, have filed this writ petition under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India r/w Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to quash the notice No.Coma/181/2021 issued by the said Court. 2. In support of the petition, the petitioners have contended that petitioner Nos.1 and 4 are the children of petitioner Nos.2 and 3. The marriage of petitioner No.1 and respondent Deepika Nandwani was celebrated on 09.07.2020. However, on the basis of complaint filed by her on 08.08.2020 and with the help of Bagalagunte Police, she left the matrimonial home with all the money, jewellery, silk sarees, etc. Their marriage is annulled by the Family Court, Chandigarh as per her petition dated 17.08.2020. On 22.08.2020, itself she created a new matrimonial profile calling for proposal declaring herself as never married. Sri.P.P.S Sodhi working as Special Secretary to the Hon'ble Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court is master mind of this entire conspiracy of matrimonial fraud. He is paramour of - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 respondent Deepika Nandwani. On 15.09.2020, petitioners have sent complaint against him to the Hon'ble Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court. On 27.10.2020, petitioners have received notice from Mahila Thana, Panipat. On 29.10.2020, they have sent a detailed reply to the Mahila Thana, Panipat. 2.1 On 16.01.2021, after more than 5 months of registration of complaint by respondent Deepika Nandwani with Karnataka Police, registration of FIR by City Police, Haryana is with the motive of covering up the matrimonial racket run by P.P.S. Sodhi and his accomplices and in collusion with them. 2.2 On 09.02.2021, without providing opportunity of hearing and without any warrant of arrest or any kind of authorization, the police from Karnataka and Haryana led by Raju Mehendratta, maternal uncle of respondent Deepika Nandwani entered the building, destroyed the CCTV footage and tore visitors registers and falsely - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 implicated the petitioners in a case of outraging modesty of women constable of Haryana. On 10.02.2021, petitioner No.1 and 4 were incarcerated in Parappana Agrahara in connection with the said case for the offence punishable under Section 353 and 354 IPC. 2.3 On 12.02.2021, they were released on bail in Bengaluru case. However, they were abducted by Haryana Police on body warrant obtained by gross misrepresentation of facts before Courts in Panipath. On 15.02.2021 petitioner Nos.1 and 4 were granted bail at Panipath. On 29.09.2021 stay was granted by this Court on malicious FIR registered by Hariayan and Karnataka Police. 2.4 On 08.10.2021 petitioners have received the impugned notice in respect of application filed by respondent Deepika Nandwani and the same is challenged on the following: - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 GROUNDS (i) The petition filed under Section 12 of the D.V. Act is illegal, vicious and mischievous. The allegations made in the petition are false and is continuation of false complaint filed with Bagalagunte Police. She has given statement before the said Police, stating that she is leaving the home of petitioners on her own volition taking all her belongings and she has no dispute with them. Such being the case, she cannot improve her case. She has unleashed the terror on petitioners at the instance of P.P.S. Sodhi and complaint is given against him as per Annexure-K. The averments in the petition is nothing but reproduction of the FIR registered with Haryana Police in Cr.No.HRPP.03-007212- 2021 and case No.CHI/0001163/2021, which is vitiated by latches. Respondent has - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 abducted the petitioners through Haryana Police and a case is also registered against them by the Bagalagunte Police in Cr.No.33/2021. Petitioners have approached this Court in W.P.No.17007/2021 to quash the said proceedings. (ii) The impugned complaint under Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is manifestation of another arsenal of extortion in the amour of respondent and her paramour P.P.S Sodhi. Respondent is employed as Chief Manager in Punjab and Sindh Bank and drawing double the salary of petitioner No.1. Therefore, she is not entitled for any relief under the D.V. Act. Currently, she is working at New Delhi. By concealing these facts, she has filed petition under D.V. Act. She is also owning several properties. She has walked out of the marriage to resume her relationship with her - 8 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 paramour P.P.S. Sodhi. She is a chronic lier. In the above facts and circumstances, the proceedings under D.V. Act are liable to be quashed and hence, the petition. 3. In support of his arguments, learned counsel for petitioners has relied upon the following decisions: (i) Shafeek Vs. The State of Kerala (Shafeek)1 (ii) Kailashben Mahendrabhai Patel and Ors. Vs. State of Maharashtra and Anr. (Kailashben Mahednrabhai Patel)2 (iii) Geddam Jhansi and Anr. Vs. The State of Telangana and Ors. (Geddam Jhansi)3 (iv) A.Ramesh Babu and Ors. Vs. Dharani.S (A.Ramesh Babu)4 (v) Surya Vadani and Ors Vs. V.Kalaivani (Surya Vadani)5 (vi) Dhananjay Mohan Zombade and Ors. Vs. Prachi (Dhananjay Mohan Zombade)6 (vii) Bhupinder Singh Sambyal Vs. Ruchi Jamwal (Bhupinder Singh Sambyal)7 (viii) Inderjit Singh Grewal Vs. State of Punjab and Ors. (Inderjit Singh Grewal)8 1 Crl.A.No.1364/2018 [SLP(Crl)No.1885/2018 Dt:12.11.2018] 2 Crl.A.No.4003/2024 [SLP(Crl)No.4044/2018 Dt:25.09.2024] 3 [SLP(Crl)No.9556/2022 Dt:07.02.2025] 4 Crl.P.No.3578/2022 Dt:28.06.2024 5 Crl.P.No.7101/2011 Dt:06.08.2018 6 Crl.Appln.No.312/2023 Dt:06.08.2018 (Bombay) 7 SLA (Crl)No.3023/2024 Dt:04.03.2025 8 Crl.A.No.1635/2011 [SLP(Crl)No.7787/2010 Dt:23.08.2011 - 9 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 (ix) Premdeep Vs. Bhavana (Premdeep)9 (x) Smt.Ritu @ Ridhima & Anr. Vs. Sandeep Singh Sangwan (Ritu @ Ridhima)10 (xi) Damanreet Kaur Vs. Indermeet Juneja and Anr (Damanreet Kaur)11 (xii) K N Vs R G (K N)12 (xiii) Rupali Gupta Vs Rajat Gupta (Rupali Gupta)13 (xiv) Niharika Ghosh @ Niharika Kundu Vs Shankar Ghosh (Niharika Ghosh)14 (xv) Ms Renu Rana Vs. Mr Ajay Rana (Renu Rana)15 (xvi) Gurpreet Dhariwal Vs Amit Jain (Gurpreet Dhariwal)16 (xvii) Premdeep Vs.Bhavana (Premdeep)17 (xviii) Narendra Vs. K Meena (Narendra)18 (xix) Satish Chander Ahuja Vs Sneha Ahuja (Satish Chander Ahuja)19 4. On the other hand learned counsel representing respondent submitted that this Court is not having territorial jurisdiction to grant the relief sought in this petition. In fact this Hon'ble Court in W.P.No.17007/2021 9 Crl.WP.No.210/2019 dt.17.02.2020 10 CRR-457-2022 dt. 15.03.2022 11 Crl.Rev.P.No.344/2011 dt.14.05.2012 12 MAT.App.(F.C.) 93/2018 and CM Appl.18317/2018 dt.12.02.2019 13 MAT.APP.(F.C.) 143/2014 dt.05.09.2016 14 MAT.App.(F.C.) 248/2019 and CM Appl.20720/2022 dt. 12.09.2023 15 MAT.App.(F.C.) 235/2023 dt. 12.10.2023 16 MAT.App.(F.C.) 311/2019 dt. 16.03.2022 17 Family Court Appeal No.24/2020 dt.27.08.2021 18 Civil Appeal No.3253/2008 dt.06.10.2016 19 Civil Appeal No.2483/2020 dt.15.10.2020 - 10 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 refused to quash the criminal proceedings in Cr.No.33/2021 of Panipat PS, Haryana and consequent charge sheet for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 406, 354-C r/w Section 34 IPC and pray to reject this petition also on the ground of maintainability. 5. Heard arguments and perused the records. 6. The relationship between the parties is not in dispute. Petitioner Nos.1 and 4 are the children of petitioner Nos.2 and 3. The marriage of petitioner No.1 and respondent was celebrated on 09.07.2020. They live together in Bengaluru. It appears alleging impotency of petitioner No.1 and non consummation of marriage, respondent has secured divorce from him. She also filed criminal complaint against the petitioners alleging offences punishable under Section 406, 498A, 354C, r/w 34 of IPC with Mahila Thana, Panipath, Haryana. When petitioners fails to appear before the said police, they with the help of Bagalgunte police, Bengaluru, arrested the petitioners on - 11 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 09.02.2021. In connection with the said incident, the Bagalagunte Police also registered case in Cr.No.50/2021, against the petitioners alleging that they prevent them from discharging their lawful duty. 7. Petitioners approached coordinate bench of this Court in WP No.17007/2021 to quash the criminal proceedings in Cr.No.33/2021 of Mahila Thana Panipath, Haryana and Cr.No.50/2021 of Bagalagunte PS. Vide order dated 05.09.2024 coordinate bench of this Court partly allowed the said petition and quashed Criminal proceedings in Cr.No.50/2021 of Bagalgunte PS on the ground that when petitioners were arrested there appears to a scuffle with the concerned police and there was no intention on the part of the petitioners to prevent them from discharging duties. 8. However, the prayer of the petitioners to quash the criminal proceeding in Crl.No.33/2021 of Mahila Thana Panipath, Haryana came to be rejected on the ground that - 12 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 this Court has not having territorial jurisdiction and they are at liberty to approach the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. 9. Now through the present petition, the petitioners are seeking quashing of proceeding initiated against them by the respondent and notice No.Coma/181/2021 issued by the JMFC Panipath in the petition filed under Section 12 of the DV Act. In the said petition, respondent has given her residential address as Panipath. Admittedly, the marriage between petitioner No.1 and respondent was solemnized on 09.07.2019 at Red wood Resort Panchkula, Haryana. Though they stay together for some time in Bengaluru, she has left the matrimonial home and at preset stated to be residing at Panipath, Haryana. On that basis respondent has maintained the petition under Section 12 of DV act in the Court CJM Panipath. Consequently, this Court is not having territorial jurisdiction to entertain this petition. - 13 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 10. The petitioner are required to approach the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. Despite the fact that this Court is not having territorial jurisdictional, strangely the scrutiny branch has not raised any office objections. Despite learned counsel for respondent raising objections regarding maintainability of the petition before this Court and having suffered adverse order in WP No.17007/2021 refusing to quash the criminal proceedings in respect of Haryana Police Cr.No.33/2021, instead of withdrawing this petition, petitioners insisted on addressing arguments. 11. Any how, having regard to the fact that this Court is not having territorial jurisdiction to entertained the petition, it is liable to be rejected. However, petitioners are at liberty to approach the Hon'ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana for redressal, and accordingly, the following: ORDER (i) Petition filed by the petitioners under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of - 14 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36464 WP No. 21988 of 2021 India r/w Section 482 Cr.P.C is hereby rejected as not maintainable. (ii) However, petitioners are at liberty to approach the Hon'ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana for redressal. Sd/- (J.M.KHAZI) JUDGE RR List No.: 1 Sl No.: 36