Crl.M. No. M-1996 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M. No. M-1996 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision : 7.7.2009. ... Dr. Ashok Kumar Sharma and another ................ Petitioners vs. Shiv Kumar .................Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Sh.P.S. Khurana, Advocate for the petitioners. ... K.C. Puri, J. (Oral) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. For quashing the criminal complaint titled as Shiv Kumar vs. Rajesh Devi and others under Sections 315/318/120-B IPC (Annexure P-2) pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Mahendergarh and the summoning order dated 31.7.2002 (Annexure P-3). Notice of the petition was served upon the respondent, but none has appeared on his behalf. The allegation in the nutshell made by the complainant is that Raj Bala has aborted the child in connivance with the present petitioners. Raj Bala filed quashing petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Crl.M. No. M-1996 of 2009 -2- And this Court vide Crl. M.No. M-43500 of 2005 quashed the proceedings against Raj Bala on the ground that complainant has failed to prove the factum of abortion by Raj Bala. The allegation against the petitioners is helping Raj Bala. Since proceedings against the main accused have been quashed, so, in these circumstances, proceedings against the present petitioners cannot continue. So, keeping in view the order dated 16.5.2007 in Crl.M.No. M-43500 of 2005, the abovesaid complaint against the petitioners and summoning order and further proceedings in pursuant to that complaint stand quashed. ( K.C. Puri ) 7.7.2009. Judge chugh