Crl.M.No. M-18554/2010(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No. M-18554/2010(O&M) Date of decision: 15.7.2010. Baldev Singh and another ....................Petitioners v. State of Punjab and others. .....................Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh Present: Mr.BS Sidhu,Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala,Advocate for the petitioners. Jaswant Singh.J.(Oral) Prayer is for issuance of directions to the respondent nos. 1 to 3 (DGP Punjab and others) to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners and further issuance of directions to respondents 3 to 6 not to harass the petitioners and their family members at the instance of respondents 7 and 8 (police officials). Briefly the facts are that Baldev Singh, petitioner no.1 and his son Lakhvir Singh, residents of Sirsa state that Sukhjinder Singh, real nephew of petitioner no.1 was picked up at gun point and an FIR No.40 dated 8.6.2000 under sections 364/34 IPC and 25 of the Arms Act,1959 was registered against the police officials of Punjab (respondent nos.7 and 8) at PS Odhan, District Sirsa. A cancellation report was filed but Sukhjinder Singh filed a protest petition before the Crl.M.No. M-18554/2010(O&M) 2 SDJM, Dabwali on 24.8.2004, which is pending and fixed in July 2010 wherein the warrants of arrest of respondent nos. 7 and 8 have been issued as they are avoiding the proceedings. It is alleged that respondent nos. 7 and 8 on this account are harassing the petitioners and pressurising them to withdraw the protest petition. Towards the same effort the Punjab Police is raiding the house of the petitioners to arrest Sukhbir Singh @ Sukha, son of petitioner no.1 by falsely implicating him at the behest of respondents 6 and 7 in FIR No.55 dated 28.5.2010, PS Rahon, Distt.Nawanshahar and FIR No.16 dated 13.4.2010, PS Kashtgar,Distt.Nawanshahar. On the last date of hearing learned State counsel was directed to find out the present place of posting of respondents 7 and 8 and the status of the investigation conducted in FIR No.55 dated 28.5.2010, PS Rahon, Distt.Nawanshahar and FIR No.16 dated 13.4.2010, PS Kashtgar,Distt.Nawanshahar. At the time of the hearing today, learned State counsel has filed reply by way of affidavit dated 14.7.2010 of Kuldeep Singh Superintendent of Police (Detective)Nawanshahar on behalf of respondents 1 to 6. In the said affidavit it is stated that no case is registered against the petitioners and they are not wanted in connection with investigations into the aforesaid two FIRs. However, in FIR No.55 dated 28.5.2010 under Sections 18/61/85 of the NDPS Act, PS Rahon,Distt.Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Sukhbir Singh @ Sukha, Crl.M.No. M-18554/2010(O&M) 3 son of the petitioner no.1 is wanted being main accomplice of Jagir Singh, against whom said FIR was registered. Learned State counsel on instructions from ASI Sukhpal Singh states that respondent no.7 has since retired in the year 2006 and respondent no.8 is posted in Civil Lines,Ludhiana. In view of the above position, this Court is of the opinion that the apprehension of the petitiones as stated in the petition is wholly misconceived. Accordingly, the petition stands dismissed. 15.7.2010 (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge