IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-44466 of 2007 Date of Decision: February 01, 2010 Savinder Singh Sandhwan .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. G.S. Gill, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Deepak Sabharwal, Advocate, for respondent No.2. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing FIR No.80 dated 2.5.2007 under Sections 376, 315, 420, 406, 506 IPC read with Section 25 of the Arms Act, registered with Police Station, Bholath, District Kapurthala. Learned counsel for the petitioners has drawn the attention of the Court towards the Crl. Misc. No. M-44466 of 2007 [2] affidavit of respondent No.2, Narinder Kaur, placed on record as Annexure P-1 in which it has been stated that she (Narinder Kaur) had not signed the application on account of which FIR mentioned above was registered, rather her signatures were obtained on blank papers. Learned counsel for the respondent- State has pointed out that respondent No.2, Narinder Kaur, earlier approached this Court by way of filing Criminal Miscellaneous No.M-30582 of 2007 under Section 482 Cr.P.C. with a prayer that she be provided protection to her life and property, and for cancellation of FIR mentioned above. The petition, however, was withdrawn by her and therefore, it transpires that she is taking contradictory stand. I have considered the rival contentions. Respondent No.2, Narinder Kaur, as identified by her counsel Mr. Deepak Sabharwal, Advocate, is present in Court and states that she got FIR registered as there was some dispute with the petitioner. Subsequently, the dispute has been settled and therefore, now she wants to withdraw the case lodged against the petitioner. Considering the totality of facts and circumstances including the fact that the Crl. Misc. No. M-44466 of 2007 [3] earlier petition filed by Narinder Kaur for cancellation of FIR was withdrawn by her and the statement given in Court as noticed above, I do not deem it appropriate to quash the FIR. Since the challan has been filed, the Trial Court is directed to proceed with the trial. In case respondent No.2 is found to have given false information, the relevant provisions of Indian Penal Code would be invoked. Copy of the order be sent to District & Sessions Judge, Kapurthala for it to be conveyed to the Trial Court. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) February 01, 2010 JUDGE avin