Criminal Misc. No. M-29619 of 2008 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-29619 of 2008 Date of Decision: 8.1.2009 Joginder Pal and Another …Petitioners Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr.B.S. Bindra, Senior Advocate with Mr. C.S. Pasricha, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the State. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) In Criminal Misc. No. M-33824 of 2008 seeking quashing of FIR No. 95 dated 20.10.2008 registered at Police Station Division No.2, Pathankot under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, notice of motion has been issued and further proceedings have been stayed. This is a case where the dispute is entirely of civil nature. An agreement regarding use of passage was arrived between the parties. The claim of the complainant is that after he was paid rent for three months, thereafter, the accused stopped paying the rent. No custodial interrogation is required in the present case. Pre- arrest bail, granted to the petitioners by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 12.11.2008, is affirmed till the presentation of Criminal Misc. No. M-29619 of 2008 2 final report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. Thereafter, the petitioners shall be permitted to furnish regular bail bonds. Learned counsel for the State has contended that the petitioners have not joined investigation. This is a case of gross misuse of powers and process of law by the police authorities. The police authorities without application of mind has registered the case. Therefore, the citizen is to be saved from such kind of misuse of powers by the police. The police cannot usurp the powers of Civil Court. With the observations made above, the present petition is disposed off. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge January 8, 2009 “DK”