IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No.26284 -M of 2010 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION : AUGUST 16, 2011 DALJIT KAUR & ANR. ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. BPS Virk, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. KD Sachdeva, Addl.AG, Punjab. Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Advocate, for respondent No.2. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) 1 This petition has been filed under Section 482, Code of Criminal Procedure, praying for quashing of FIR No.749 dated 30.11.2004 under Sections 406/498-A, Indian Penal Code, and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station, Sadar Patiala (Annexure P-1). Challenge is also to order dated 11.11.2008 (Annexure P-10), passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patiala, whereby the petitioners and co-accused Rajinder Singh have been summoned to stand trial. 2 Rajinder Singh son of Santokh Singh was married to Swaranjit Kaur alias Maninder Kaur (complainant/respondent No.2). Daljit Kaur (petitioner No.1) happens to be sister of Rajinder Singh, who was married before the marriage of respondent No.2. Rajvinder Singh alias Raju (petitioner No.2) Criminal Misc. No.26284 -M of 2010 (O&M) 2 happens to be brother of Rajinder Singh. Rajinder Singh was in the Army and would stay out of station. 3 It is not in dispute that Daljit Kaur (petitioner No.1) was staying in her matrimonial home, in another town. 4 Considering the totality of facts and circumstances of the case, learned counsel for respondent No.2, has been very fair in saying that respondent No.2 withdraws the allegations against Daljit Kaur. 5 Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that he would like to withdraw the petition on behalf of petitioner No.2 with liberty to the said petitioner to take all the pleas taken in this petition before the trial court, during the course of trial. 6 In view of the above, petition qua petitioner No.1 is allowed. 7 FIR No.749 dated 30.11.2004 under Sections 406/498-A, Indian Penal Code, and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station, Sadar Patiala (Annexure P-1), and order of summoning dated 11.11.2008 (Annexure P-10), qua petitioner No.1-Daljit Kaur are hereby quashed. 8 The petition qua petitioner No.2 is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the said petitioner to take all the pleas taken in this petition before the trial court, during the course of trial. August 16, 2011 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?