1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. 30439-M of 2008 Date of Decision: 28.8.2009 *** Surja Ram .. Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana & Anr. .. Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND KUMAR, Present:- Mr. Hari Om Attri, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Mor, Sr. DAG Haryana. *** ARVIND KUMAR, J. The petitioner is seeking quashing of criminal complaint titled as Ram Singh Vs. Surja Ram, order dated 14.2.2005 passed therein by dint of which the petitioner has been ordered to be summoned to face trial under Sections 354, 452, 506 IPC and Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and a challenge has been laid to order dated 22.8.2008 passed by the revisional Court below, dismissing the revision of the petitioner filed against the summoning order. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the considered opinion that no ground to interfere with the impugned orders is made out. The summoning Court, on appraisal of the preliminary evidence led by the complainant has issued process against the petitioner, which has been endorsed by the revisional Court below. The pleas on which the quashing has been sought involve disputed questions of fact and can only be ascertained by the trial court at an appropriate stage. There is no dispute that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to the cases in which the High Court can exercise its jurisdiction of quashing of the criminal proceedings, but the same has to be exercised sparingly, carefully and with great caution and has only to be exercised in rarest and exceptional cases, 2 which is lacking in this case. This Court is not required to determine a disputed question of fact, at this stage. Thus, the present petition deserves dismissal. Therefore, in view of the discussion made above, there is no merit in this petition, which is accordingly dismissed. (ARVIND KUMAR) JUDGE August 28,2009 Jiten