Crl. Misc. No.M-4960 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-4960 of 2011 Date of Decision: 05.05.2011 Sahi Ram and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Manoj Chahal, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms. Gurveen H. Singh, Addl. A.G., Punjab 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) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C for issuance of direction to respondents No.1 to 3 not to harass and humiliate the petitioners and to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners from the hands of respondent No.3 in garb of pendency of any case against Nasib @ Jagbir son of petitioner No.1. Reply on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3 has been filed. As per the reply, the son of petitioner No.1 i.e. Nasib @ Jagbir is an accused in case FIR No.156 dated 11.11.2006 registered under Section 302 IPC and Sections 25/54/59 of the Arms Act at Police Station Dasuya, District Hoshiarpur. He has not been arrested till date and was declared a proclaimed offender on 25.07.2009. Besides the above, two other FIRs bearing No.67 dated Crl. Misc. No.M-4960 of 2011 2 22.06.2010 under Sections 223, 224, 225 and 120-B IPC registered at Police Station City Hoshiarpur and FIR No.103 dated 04.04.2009 under Sections 376, 366, 120-B and 506 IPC registered at Police Station Sadar, Hoshiarpur are also pending against the present petitioner. It is further stated that the concerned police officials raided the house of the petitioners on 18.07.2010 to arrest the accused namely Nasib @ Jagbir. However, the father of the accused i.e petitioner No.1 met the raiding party. He found that he does not know about the whereabouts of his son. He was discharged with the direction to inform the concerned police officials if the whereabouts of the accused comes to his knowledge. Hence, the petitioners were never harassed by the concerned police officials. In view of the above, no further order is called for. Dismissed accordingly. However, in case, the petitioners are wanted in connection with the said FIR, the provisions of Section 160 of the Cr.P.C shall be complied with. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 05.05.2011 JUDGE gurpreet