IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-28204 of 2010(O&M) Date of Decision: November 03, 2011 Raman Kumar ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.Mandeep S.Sachdev, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Sudhir Nehra, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. Hardeep Singh – complainant/respondent No.2 in person. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioner seeks quashing of First Information Report (for short “FIR”) No.189 dated December 30th, 2007 registered under Sections 363 and 366-A of Indian Penal Code (for short “IPC”) in Police Station Khamanon, District Fatehgarh Sahib. 2. Prosecution was launched on the statement of Hardeep Singh – complainant /respondent No.2, father of Jaspreet Kaur alleging that his daughter was kidnapped by the petitioner. 3. Case of the petitioner is that he married with Jaspreet Kaur on February 25th, 2009, of course against the wishes of her parents. They have been leading a happy married life. The date of birth of Jaspreet Kaur is February 03rd, 1991, as depicted in Certificate (Annexure P2) issued by the Punjab School Education Board. 4. Hardeep Singh, while appearing in person has stated at bar that he has no objection to the marriage performed by his daughter with the petitioner. 5. In view of this, offence of kidnapping of Jaspreet Kaur is not made out. Hence, no useful purpose will be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioner. 6. In view of above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.189 dated December 30th, 2007 registered under Sections 363 and 366-A IPC in Police Station Khamanon, District Fatehgarh Sahib and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. November 03, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) `gian' JUDGE