Crl. Misc. No.M-9673 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-9673 of 2010 Date of Decision: 31.03.2010 Ajaib Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab through Secretary Department of Home, Chandigarh and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. G.S. Nagra, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C for issuing directions to respondent No.2-Senior Superintendent of Police, Hoshiarpur to decide Annexure P-1 dated 22.07.2009 and to register case against Ram Pal Bhardwaj son of Kishan Singh resident of Village Nangal Chora, Tehsil Garhshankar, District Hoshiarpur. However, without going into the merits of the case, it would be necessary to take into consideration the provisions of Section 156(3) of the Criminal Code of Procedure, which reads as under :- “156(3) Any Magistrate empowered under Section 190 may order such an investigation as above mentioned.” In view of the above provisions, learned counsel for the Crl. Misc. No.M-9673 of 2010 2 petitioner states that he may be permitted to withdraw the present petition with liberty to the petitioner to avail of alternative remedy in accordance with law. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) Judge 31.03.2010 gurpreet