Criminal Defence in Faridabad

Last updated: 11 July 2026 · General legal information, not legal advice

The chamber handles criminal defence at every stage — pre-FIR advisories, anticipatory and regular bail, investigation-stage representation, trial, quashing petitions, and appeals — before the Faridabad courts, other Haryana district courts, the Delhi courts, and the Punjab & Haryana High Court. The framework below explains how a criminal case actually moves through the system under the new codes.

The three new codes — what changed on 1 July 2024

Commonly encountered renumberings: cheating (S.420 IPC → S.318 BNS), cruelty by husband or relatives (S.498A IPC → S.85 BNS), criminal breach of trust (S.406 IPC → S.316 BNS), and hurt/grievous hurt provisions now under Sections 115–117 BNS. Offences committed before 1 July 2024 continue to be prosecuted under the IPC/CrPC — so both regimes remain live in Faridabad courts today.

From FIR to judgment — the path of a case

1. FIR (Section 173 BNSS): registered at the police station with jurisdiction; the BNSS also recognises e-FIR/Zero FIR registration irrespective of jurisdiction. A copy is a matter of right.
2. Investigation: statements (S.180 BNSS), searches, arrest if justified — for offences punishable up to 7 years, Arnesh Kumar (2014) and Section 35 BNSS require a notice of appearance route unless arrest is specifically justified.
3. Chargesheet or closure: filed before the Magistrate; the accused's remedies at cognizance stage include discharge applications where no case is made out.
4. Charge & trial: Magistrate trial (CJM/JM courts, Sector 12) or committal to the Sessions Court for sessions-triable offences; prosecution evidence, cross-examination, statement of the accused (S.351 BNSS), defence evidence, arguments, judgment.
5. Appeal / revision: from the Magistrate to the Sessions Court; from the Sessions Court to the Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh; and, on constitutional questions or grave errors, to the Supreme Court by SLP.

Quashing — Section 528 BNSS at the Punjab & Haryana High Court

The High Court's inherent power (earlier Section 482 CrPC, now Section 528 BNSS) can quash an FIR or proceedings to prevent abuse of process. The governing framework remains State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal (1992): quashing lies where the allegations, taken at face value, disclose no offence; where they are absurd or inherently improbable; where the proceeding is manifestly malafide; or where a civil dispute has been given a criminal colour — a pattern common in Faridabad's commercial and property disputes (Indian Oil Corp. v. NEPC India, 2006, on the civil-criminal boundary). Matters settled between parties, especially matrimonial and commercial, are also regularly quashed on compromise.

Where Faridabad criminal matters are heard

Common matter types handled

Matrimonial criminal complaints (S.85 BNS / 498A IPC and DV Act interplay), cheating and criminal breach of trust arising from business dealings (S.318/316 BNS), hurt and assault cases, property-dispute FIRs, Section 138 NI Act prosecutions and defence, cyber-enabled financial fraud (IT Act with BNS provisions), and NDPS matters where the Section 37 rigour shapes bail strategy.

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