1. The present petition has been preferred by the accused under
Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking
quashing of the FIR No.53 dated 31.07.2024 registered under Sections 106,
125, 281 of BNS, 2023 at Police Station Sector – 49, Chandigarh, on the
basis of compromise deed dated 23.09.2024 (copy whereof is appended as
Annexure P-2
P with the present petition).
2. The case of the petitioner, as set out in the petition, is that the
FIR ibid came to be registered on account of a road traffic accident occurred
near the Sports Complex, Sector 50/51, Chandigarh involving a Fortuner car
and i20 car being driven by the petitioner. As per the version recorded by
the police on the basis of information received from the hospital and
subsequent inquiry, the petitioner was allegedly driving the i20 vehicle on
the wrong side of the road and collided head
head-on with the Fortuner. As per
the allegations, the said collusion had resulted in multiple persons sustaining
1 of 13
injuries and one Vijay Kumar, aged about 82 years succumbed to injuries
during the course of treatment at GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh. On the
basis of the
he circumstances, medical opinion and statements recorded during
the course of investigation, it was found that on account of the act of the
petitioner, who is driving the car rashly and negligently
ly which endangered
the human life has resulted in death.