Crl. Misc. No. M-11332 of 2011 (O&M) [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-11332 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: April 19,2011 Jasbir Kaur and others .......................... Petitioner s Versus State of Punjab and others .................. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Ritu Bahri 1.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. N.S.Dandiwal, Advocate for the petitioners. ... RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) Counsel for the petitioners contends that false and frivolous complaints were initiated by Kanta Rani and Mamta Rani to the District Welfare Officer Ludhiana in October 2009. The allegation was that the petitioner No.1 has used derogatory words regarding the caste of the above mentioned ladies. In the inquiry, the allegation remained in the complaint was found false and frivolous. Subsequently, in April 2010 Kanta Rani along with another lady namely Harjit Kaur filed a complaint against the petitioners to the District Welfare Officer Ludhiana who vide his letter dated Crl. Misc. No. M-11332 of 2011 (O&M) [ 2 ] 6.4.2010 found that the allegations against the petitioner was false and frivilous. The petitioner alleges that a fresh complaint has been made by Ramanjit Lali and others to the Police Commissioner, Ludhiana, (Annexure P-6) regarding the same occurrence in which the inquiry has already been conducted by the District Welfare Officer. The petitioners are being directed to appear before the ASI on a number of occasions. In view of the earlier inquiries held the petitioners are being harassed by the private respondents. This criminal miscellaneous is disposed of by giving a direction to the official respondents to give 7 days notice to the petitioners in case of any proceedings initiated against them as contemplated under Section 160 Cr.P.C. 19.4.2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Rupi JUDGE