CRM NO.M-28846 OF 2010(O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM NO.M-28846 OF 2010(O&M) DECIDED ON : 30.11.2010 Amar Singh ...Petitioner versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. C. PURI Present : Mr. Vishal Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Jagmohan Ghuman, Advocate, for the petitioner. K. C. PURI, J. (ORAL) This is petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing the order dated 05.05.2007 vide which complaint has been dismissed by the learned trial Court. Briefly stated, the petitioner filed private complaint under Sections 167/211/342/409/504/506 read with Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code against 12 accused with the allegations that he is a reporter having his newspaper “Akhri Kaushish” and is owner of the said newspaper which is duly registered at New Delhi. The paper was in circulated till 28.06.2005 and was distributed free of costs. The petitioner CRM NO.M-28846 OF 2010(O&M) -2- claims himself to be a social reformer, investigator and reporter of the newspaper with the aim of bringing truth before the public. He had been a member of Public Grievances on behalf of State of Haryana being its member. He works against the corruption on various levels of society. He was writing criticism of low line activities of officers and the cheap popularity santces of commercial newspapers and for want of cheat popularity and increasing graph of criminal activities was shown by him because of which Inspector General of Police, Rohtak, was having ill-will against him for which he gave him abusive and un-parliamentary language and threatened to implicate him in a false case. He has wrote allegations against ASI Sri Krishan in his application under Section 202 Cr.P.C which was investigated by ASI Sri Krishan because ASI Sri Krishan has come in rescue of persons involved in smuggling and illegal activities. The allegations of the complainant are lodged at S.No.628 of 2004. He alleges that this ASI wanted to bring injustice and to pressurize him, connived with Gurmukh Singh of “Indru Giroh” along with land grabber Ashok Dumda and another person named as Ashok @ Lathar who is a gambler along with Baldev @ Ballu, who calls himself to be close to senior politicians and Ram Chander Dumda when all these persons wanted to take benefit of police and had worked against the complainant by putting pressure of Varinder Singh s/o Bhupinder Singh and V.N.Rai. The complainant alleges that S.P Anil Rao committed forgery on the complainant in order to CRM NO.M-28846 OF 2010(O&M) -3- satisfy his vices and protected Inderjeet Dumda, a liquor king when he took a written complaint from Inderjeet Dumda and registered a false case against him. On 26.06.2005 without any prior permission, Inspector Jai Bhagwan, P. S. City illegally took the complainant into police custody and the newspaper editions of the complainant right from 28.06.2005 along with other documents including tape recorder, camera, mobile, costly pen, gold chain, gold ring, watch and cash of Rs.9600/- in police custody and threatened the complainant with dire consequences. He has been falsely implicated on a procured story. ASI Rajinder Singh without investigating the case registered a false case No.292 of 2005 under Section 384 IPC and arrested him and took his signatures on blank papers which till date are in police custody. Complainant examined Amar Singh as CW1 and himself appeared on15.02.2006. Thereafter, the file was sent for investigation and report was called. The learned trial Court after going through the evidence, dismissed the complaint vide order dated 05.05.2007. The said order has been challenged in the present petition. The petitioner has challenged the order dated 05.05.2007 invoking provision of Section 482 of Cr.P.C. The petitioner has the other legal remedy available to him but he has not availed the same. No reasoning has been given for not approaching this Court for the last more than three years. The CRM NO.M-28846 OF 2010(O&M) -4- petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C lies only when there is any abuse of process of law. There is nothing on the file to show that there is any abuse of process of law. This petition seems to be abuse of process of law. So, the petition is without any merit and the same stands dismissed. Disposed of. NOVEMBER 30, 2010 (K. C. PURI) shalini JUDGE