Fashion designer Dimpey Gujral and the family members of former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge S S Grewal had entered into a quarrel as the FIR in the case has arisen on the issue of a dog owned by the fashionista urinating at the gate of the judge's residence.
A bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai described the feud between them which resulted in the lodging of a criminal case invoking the provision of attempt to murder was not of "heinous" nature but of personal nature.
"We feel that this is a case where the continuation of criminal proceedings would tantamount to abuse of process of law because the alleged offences are not heinous offences showing extreme depravity nor are they against the society. They are offences of a personal nature and burying them would bring about peace and amity between the two sides.
"In the circumstances of the case, FIR No.163 October 26, 2006, registered under sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 307, 452 and 506 of the IPC and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom including the final report presented and charges framed by the trial court are hereby quashed," the bench said while disposing of Gujral's plea to transfer the proceedings to Delhi from Chandigarh.
The sections mentioned above deal with the offences of rioting (147), rioting with deadly weapon (148), unlawful assembly (149), causing hurt (323), attempt to murder (307), house-trespass (452), intimidation (506), under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).