Crl. Misc.No.M-2166 of 2009 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-2166 of 2009 Date of Decision: 24 - 9 - 2010 Bahadur Singh and another .....Petitioners v. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA *** Present: Mr.N.S.Diwana, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, DAG, Punjab. *** KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. praying for quashing of FIR No.101 dated 5.9.2008 registered at Police Station Kahnuwan under Sections 363, 366-A IPC. The impugned FIR was lodged by Balbir Singh father of Manjit Kaur @ Raj Kumari, who at the relevant time was aged 17 years and 9½ months. A grievance was made that Manjit Kaur @ Raj Kumari left for Tugalwal Unique Senior Secondary School, Tugalwal but had not returned to home, as Bahadur Singh and Sikandar Singh had forcibly taken her towards Village Harchowal on their bullet motorcycle. In the FIR, a suspicion was recorded that his daughter Manjit Kaur @ Raj Kumari had Crl. Misc.No.M-2166 of 2009 [2] eloped with Bahadur Singh and Sikandar Singh. Today, Manjit Kaur @ Raj Kumari has been identified by Mr.N.S.Diwana, Advocate. She has stated that she left with Bahadur Singh according to her own wishes and had married him and today she has been blessed with a child aged 8 months. The statement of Manjit Kaur @ Raj Kumari which has been recorded separately, be read as part of this order. Counsel for the petitioner has further referred to the order dated 1.9.2008, Annexure P1, passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. No.M-22271 of 2008, whereby protection was granted to Manjit Kaur @ Raj Kumari. Furthermore, this Court in Criminal Misc.No.M-30830 of 2008 has granted anticipatory bail to Manjit Kaur @ Raj Kumari and Bahadur Singh. In the facts and circumstances of this case, it can be safely inferred that proceedings arising out of FIR No.101 dated 5.9.2008 are nothing but an abuse of the process of law. Hence, the present petition is accepted and the impugned FIR is quashed. ( KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA ) September 24, 2010. JUDGE RC