IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA 112 Harpreet Singh Walia through General Attorney Rashmeet Bhatia Shri J.S. Walia, Assistant Inspector General Police, NRI Wing, Amritsar, Punjab and another CORAM: Present:- NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral) proceedings against the respondent the Supreme Court of India i.e. “Registration of FIR is mandatory under Section 154 discloses commission of a cognizable offence and no preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a situation” as held in Lalita Kumari’s case reported as 2013(4) RCR (Criminal) 979. inclined to grant any relief, learned counsel for the petitioner prays for withdrawal of the present petition. COCP-4340-2025 (O & M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No.4340 of 2025 Date of decision : Harpreet Singh Walia through General Attorney Rashmeet Versus Shri J.S. Walia, Assistant Inspector General Police, NRI Wing, Amritsar, Punjab and another CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Mr. Kuldip Sanwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Manmeet Singh Teji, AAG Punjab. NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral) Prayer in this petition is for initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for the Supreme Court of India i.e. “Registration of FIR is mandatory under Section 154 Cr.P.C./173 BNSS discloses commission of a cognizable offence and no preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a situation” as held in Lalita Kumari’s case reported as 2013(4) RCR (Criminal) 979. After arguing for some time, wh inclined to grant any relief, learned counsel for the petitioner prays for withdrawal of the present petition. Permitted to do so. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 4340 of 2025 (O & M) Date of decision :-27.08.2025 Harpreet Singh Walia through General Attorney Rashmeet …..Petitioner Shri J.S. Walia, Assistant Inspector General Police, NRI Wing, …..Respondents HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Kuldip Sanwal, Advocate Singh Teji, AAG Punjab. Prayer in this petition is for initiation of contempt for disobeying the directions of the Supreme Court of India i.e. “Registration of FIR is mandatory Cr.P.C./173 BNSS-2003, if the information discloses commission of a cognizable offence and no preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a situation” as held in Lalita Kumari’s case reported as 2013(4) RCR (Criminal) 979. After arguing for some time, when this Court was not inclined to grant any relief, learned counsel for the petitioner prays for VIJAY ASIJA 2025.08.29 17.46 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document August 27 Vijay Asija Whether speaking/reasoned Yes / No Whether Reportable Yes / No COCP-4340-2025 (O & M) Dismissed as withdrawn. Rule stands discharged. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand 7, 2025 Whether speaking/reasoned Yes / No Whether Reportable Yes / No 2 Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of. ( NIDHI GUPTA ) JUDGE VIJAY ASIJA 2025.08.29 17.46 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document