Gian Chand Gupta, a 73-year-old retired public servant residing in Faridabad, filed a petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) before the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking: (i) quashing of criminal complaint No. 161 of 2016 filed by Banwari Lal alleging offences under Sections 499, 500, 166, 167, 217, 218 and 120-B IPC; (ii) quashing of the summoning order dated 23.01.2023; and (iii) quashing of the order dated 04.07.2023 dismissing his application for exemption from personal appearance at every hearing in the trial court at Yamuna Nagar. The petitioner argued that the complaint was false and frivolous, that cognizance was barred by limitation under Section 468(c) CrPC as the incident occurred in 2009 but the complaint was filed in 2016, and that no sanction under Section 197 CrPC was obtained before taking cognizance of acts done in his official capacity. The respondents countered that the alleged acts fell outside the petitioner's official duties, negating the need for sanction, and that the petitioner's grounds for exemption from appearance were fabricated. The judgment text provided does not record a final decision, as the arguments of both sides are set out but the court's ruling and reasoning appear to be incomplete in the text supplied.