In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M-2674 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 10.2.2009 Devender Singh and others ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.Vinay Puri, Advocate for Mr.D.K.Bhatti, Advocate, for the petitioners. **** SABINA, J. The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for issuance of directions to the official respondents to protect their life and liberty from the hands of private respondents who are bent upon to teach lessons to the petitioners for having got registered the case under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code ('IPC' for short) against respondent No.23. Petitioner No.1 Devender Singh has got registered FIR No.35 dated 24.2.2008 (Annexure P-1), under Section 307 IPC, 25/27/54/59 of the Arms Act, against respondent No.23 Sukhwant Singh. Respondent No.24 Kulvir Kaur has got registered FIR Criminal Misc. No.M-2674 of 2009 (O&M) -2- No.59 dated 27.8.2008 (Annexure P-2) under Sections 406/498-A IPC against the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the FIR (Annexure P-2), registered against the petitioners by respondent No.24, is a counter blast to the FIR got registered by petitioner No.1 (Annexure P-1). Since Respondent No.24 has taken recourse to law by lodging FIR (Annexure P-2) against the petitioners, no ground for interference is made out. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. (SABINA) JUDGE February 10, 2009 anita