Crl. Misc. No. M- 8648 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 8648 of 2008 Date of Decision: August 31, 2010 Gurnam Kaur ........Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab & others ........Respondents ******* CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. Ajay Mehra, Advocate for Mr. Devinder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Rajni Gupta, Addl. A.G. Punjab. Mr. Kuldip Singh Chaudhary, Advocate, for respondent No.5. SABINA, J. Petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for issuance of directions to respondent Nos.1 to 4 to register an FIR against Smt. Surinder Kaur, Sarpanch (now removed) wife of Gurmukh Singh and others under Sections 406,420,467,468,471,120-B of Indian Penal Code. As per the status report, placed on record by the learned State counsel, out of all nine panches against whom the amount was to be recovered, two have already deposited Rs.19,223/- each on 19.3.2010 i.e. Kuldeep Singh Ex-Panch and Surinder Kaur, Ex-Sarpanch. The recovery proceedings have been initiated against the remaining panches. One of the Panches i.e. Bhag Singh has since died and recovery proceedings have been started against his legal representatives. Crl. Misc. No. M- 8648 of 2008 2 Vide order dated 3.12.2009 notices were issued to respondent Nos.2,3 and 4 as to why contempt proceedings be not initiated against them. In reply, submitted by the respondents, it has been averred that now recovery proceedings have been initiated against the erring officials and have tendered unconditional and unqualified apology and have also undertaken to carry out any further directions issued by this Court. Since the recovery proceedings have been initiated and now recovery has been effected from two panches and qua the remaining panches the recovery proceedings are going on, no further interference by this Court is called for. In these circumstances, rule against respondents No.2, 3 and 4 is discharged. Petition stands disposed of accordingly. (SABINA) August 31, 2010 JUDGE Anand