RAM PAL Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioners seek the quashing of FIR No. 572 dated 28-10-2006 registered at Police Station, City Palwal, District Faridabad, under Sections 494, 420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. The FIR registered against the petitioners reads as under :

(2.) LEARNED senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners contended that cognizance of offence in respect of Section 494 IPC cannot be taken on the basis of challan filed by the Police.

(3.) IN support of this contention, learned senior counsel for the petitioners placed reliance on the judgment of this Court in the case of Surjit Singh v. State of Punjab, 2002(3) RCR(Criminal) 489, wherein this Court was pleased to lay down as under :