IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-22171 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 25.7.2011 Shakuntla ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present: Mr.Nakul Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. The petitioner is praying for quashing of FIR No.160 dated 11.6.2005 under Sections 304-A/34 IPC registered at Police Station Civil Lines, Police District Batala and the summoning order dated 11.6.2009 vide which she has been summoned under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to stand trial. The summoning order has been passed by the Magistrate and is revisable. Consequently, there is no reason to exercise the powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure which has a result of circumventing the legal remedies available to a person. Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not a substitute to evade specific remedies available to an aggrieved person. The powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure cannot be exercised in favour of the petitioner to grant the prayer which has been made for quashing Crl.Misc.No.M-22171 of 2011 (O&M) -2- the FIR for the reason that it is a settled principle of law that FIR cannot be quashed if it discloses the commission of an offence. No ground to interfere. Dismissed. 25.7.2011 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss