Material In Chargesheet Fails To Establish Offense, Court Quashes FIR Against Woman Accused Of Spreading COVID-19: Punjab & Haryana High Court

In a recent judgment delivered by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, the case involving Manmeet Kaur (the petitioner) and The State of UT Chandigarh (respondent) was brought to the court’s attention. The petitioner, employed as an international civil servant with the United Nations, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.) to quash FIR No. 96 dated 03.12.2021 registered under Sections 269…