Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

Vikram Kumar v. Anju Bala & Ors.

CRM(M)/256/2020

Decision date
2026-07-28
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Judges
Ma Chowdhary

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Regular List Serial No. 26 HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU CRM(M) No. 256/2020 CrlM No. 934/2020 Date of pronouncement : 28.07.2026 Uploaded on : 29.07.2026 Vikram Kumar, S/O Brahm Dev, R/O Ward No. 4, Near Church, Tehsil R. S. Pura, District Jammu …..Petitioner Through:- Mr. Anil K. Verma, Advocate. V/s 1. Anju Bala D/O Lt. Satpal R/O Ward No. 1, Bhour Kullian, Tehsil & District Jammu. 2. UT of J&K through SHO, Women Cell, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. 3. SHO, Miran Sahib, R. S. Pura, Jammu. 4. Investigating Officer, Women Cell, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu …..Respondents Through:- None for R-1. Mr. P. D. Singh, Dy. AG for R-2 to 4. \ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M A CHOWDHARY, JUDGE ORDER (ORAL) 01. Petitioner, through the medium of this petition filed under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C., seeks quashment of complaint No. 542/Cr Misc dated 29.08.2019, sub-judice before the court of learned Judicial Magistrate (Sub-Registrar), Jammu so far as it pertains to the petitioner and further quashment of all ancillary proceedings initiated by the respondent No. 2 against the petitioner. The petitioner also seeks quashment of FIR No. 2/2020 lodged with Police Station, Women Cell Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. CRM(M) No. 256/2020 Page 1 of 2

02. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner as brother-in-law, had been implicated by the respondent No. 1/complainant-Anju Bala alongwith the other relatives, despite the fact that he had nothing to do with the family, as he was living separately. He has also produced a copy of the order dated 06.09.2024 passed in CRM(M) No. 456/2020 titled–“Harbans Lal & Ors. vs Anju Bala & Ors.”, whereby the petition filed by the husband and other in-laws of the complainant had been allowed and the impugned complaint and the FIR have been quashed. 03. There is no representation on behalf of the respondent No. 1/complainant. It may be because of the compromise reached by her with her in-laws, which has been indicated in the order dated 06.09.2024 passed in CRM(M) No. 456/2020. 04. In view of the reasons assigned in CRM(M) No. 456/2020, this petition wherein the same complaint and FIR have been impugned is also allowed and as a result, the impugned complaint and the FIR are hereby quashed, qua the petitioner as well. 05. Petition is, accordingly, disposed of, as allowed along with connected application(s). (M A CHOWDHARY) JUDGE JAMMU 28.07.2026 Bunty Whether the order is speaking: Yes/No Whether the order is reportable: Yes/No Bunty Kumar 2026.07.29 13:16 CRM(M) No. 256/2020 I attest to the accuracy and Page 2 of 2 integrity of this document