PCPNDT Case Not Quashed Despite Illegal Raid: SC Allows Trial Because Evidence From Search May Still Be Admissible

Naresh Kumar Garg Vs State of Haryana And Ors (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court considered an appeal challenging the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had refused to quash criminal proceedings initiated under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PCPNDT Act). The appeal arose from a petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking quashing of a complaint filed by the District Appropriate Authority and the summoning order issued by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Gurugram. Backgr...