India, Feb. 10 -- Chandigarh

The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed a first information report (FIR) registered against AAP legislator from Sanour, Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, along with all subsequent proceedings, including the summoning order dated April 13, 2023. He was accused of furnishing false information in his election affidavit.

The FIR had been filed under Sections 193 and 199 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 125A of the Representation of the People Act at Julkan police station, Patiala, in 2022.

A Patiala court had earlier declared Pathanmajra a proclaimed offender (PO) in a separate rape case. He is currently in Adelaide, Australia.

The FIR in the false affidavit case was registered on February 10, 2022, b...