Crl. Misc. No.M-22585 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-22585 of 2009 Date of Decision: 29.04.2010 Ram Bhaj ....Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Surinder Gandhi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Malik, A.A.G., Haryana for the respondent-State. ***** 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) Two prayers under Section 482 Cr.P.C have been made in the present petition. The first prayer is for transfer of the investigation in FIR No.469 dated 22.06.2009 under Sections 25/54/59 of the Arms Act registered at Police Station City Rohtak to some independent agency of the State or the Centre Government. Reply on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3 has been filed, wherein, it is stated that the petitioner was found in possession of spring actuated knife in violation of notification and the investigation has since been completed. After the completion of investigation, report under Section Crl. Misc. No.M-22585 of 2009 2 173 Cr.P.C has been filed in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtak. In view of the above, the prayer is rendered infructuous and no further direction for transferring of the investigation, requires to be passed. With respect to the second prayer that the FIR be registered against Surinder Malik, DSP, Ram Kishan, Jain Bhagwan, Pardeep (all police officials), Raj Bir Reader of S.P., Balwan Singh CIA Staff, provisions of Section 156(3) of the Cr.P.C reads as under :- “156(3) Any Magistrate empowered under Section 190 may order such an investigation as above mentioned.” In view of the above, the petitioner is relegated to the alternative remedy or file criminal complaint or pursue any other remedy as available to him under law. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 29.04.2010 JUDGE gurpreet