Gurinder Singh Dhillon, accused of raping his wife, was directed to be present in the court for recording a statement. However, he fled to Germany. The FIR was earlier quashed after Gurinder promised to enter into a compromise with his wife. However, later he not only retracted from the compromise, but also did not appear in the court.
The petitioner in the case, the wife of the accused, had pleaded in the court that after her husband left her, her husband’s relatives started harassing her. The wife got an FIR registered on charges of cheating, criminal breach of trust, dowry harassment, criminal conspiracy and rape at Police Station, Civil Lines, Patiala, against her husband Gurinder and in-laws.
After being declared a proclaimed offender, Gurinder was arrested at Indira Gandhi International Airport at New Delhi. He was later released on bail by the trail court after remaining in judicial custody for some time.
Meanwhile, the relatives of both the parties intervened and entered into a compromise after Gurinder recorded a statement in the court on February 24, 2006. Then, Gurinder moved the High Court seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him. The FIR was quashed on March 17, 2006.
However, the petitioner moved the court requesting to retain her husband’s passport as she suspected that he would try to flee from the country. The court, while disposing of the application, recorded the undertaking of Gurinder that he will appear in the court on the next hearing and make necessary statement for divorce by mutual consent.
Gurinder appeared in the court in Patiala and recorded his statement after which he moved an application praying that the statutory period of six months may be condoned, as he has to go to Germany.
During the same time Gurinder had moved an application in the lower court stating that the statements made by him in the court be withdrawn as they were made under influence. However, the court had dismissed his plea.
The wife then moved the High Court, filing contempt of court case against Gurinder. In wake of this petition, the High Court directed Gurinder to appear in the court on September 24.
However, after that Gurinder did not appear in the court as he had already fled to Germany.