IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-22030 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 22.7.2011 Balkar Singh and others ....Petitioners Versus Sandeep Kumar ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present: Mr.Arun Takhi, Advocate for the petitioners. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Pprocedure praying for quashing of complaint bearing No.223/1/05 dated 18.10.2005 titled as Sandeep Kumar v. Amarjit and others under Sections 452/324/323/506/148/149 IPC and also for quashing summoning order dated 20.1.2011. The grievance of the petitioners is that the complaint is a counterblast to the FIR which was registered against the respondent. It is further stated that the allegations made in the complaint are totally at variance with the version which was got recorded earlier with the police. It is thus contended that this Court should quash the complaint being an abuse of the process of law. I have considered the matter and am of the opinion that the complaint and the summoning order passed against the petitioners Crl.Misc.No.M-22030 of 2011 (O&M) -2- cannot be quashed at the threshold. The petitioners want the Court to accept their contention and to comment upon the veracity of the complaint which is not the scope of the power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Such a power can be exercised only to enhance the interest of justice. The complaint and the FIR etc. cannot be quashed at the threshold if these disclose commission of some offence. The petitioners have the remedy to take up these pleas at the appropriate stage before the trial court but under Section 482 Cr.P.C. these proceedings cannot be quashed for the reason that the court is not empowered to comment upon the truthfulness or correctness of the allegations made in the petition. Consequently, there is no merit in the petition and the same is hereby dismissed. 22.7.2011 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss