P&H: Quashes FIR Under BNS and SC/ST Act After Compromise Between Parties
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR and all consequential proceedings after the parties informed the Court that they had settled the dispute amicably. Justice Shalini Singh Nagpal passed the order in a petition filed by Gurjant Singh and others seeking quashing of FIR No. 0091 dated 02.05.2026 registered at Police Station Makhu, District Ferozepur.
The petitioners were booked under Sections 356(2), 115(2), 296, 191(3), 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3(1) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. They told the Court that the matter had been...
