IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No.M 32703 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 22.11.2010 Sukhpreet Singh Sidhu ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr.APS Deol, Sr.Advocate with Mr.DB Singh, Advocate for the petitioner *** Jaswant Singh, J.(Oral) The present petition has been filed by Sukhpreet Singh under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of Challan under Section 173 Cr.P.C. dated 5.9.2002 (Annexure P-13) qua the petitioner filed in case FIR No.65 dated 5.9.2002 (Annexure P-1) registered under Sections 8, 12, 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 468, 471, 120-B IPC at Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Patiala, pending in the Court of Special Judge, Patiala. It is averred that the name of the petitioner did not figure in the FIR dated 5.9.2002 (Annexure P-1), nor in the first statement of Randhir Singh @ Dheera recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C, as one of the tainted person, who had paid bribes at the time of recruitment made by Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu, the then Chairman of Punjab Public Service Commission, Patiala for securing a job of PCS (Executive). It is further stated that after including the name of the the petitioner, challan has been presented CRM No.M 32703 of 2010 (O&M) -2- against him as well at the time of filing of report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. Annexure P-13 alongwith the tainted candidates (against whom, the police report was kept pending while submitting the report against Mr.Gurcharan Singh Pherurai) only on the basis of fresh statement made after 8 years by Randhir Singh @ Dheera, who otherwise has resiled from his earlier statement during the trial faced by the main accused Mr.Gurcharan Singh Pherurai. After arguing for some time, the learned counsel for the petitioner prays for withdrawl of the present petition. Dismissed as withdrawn. November 22, 2010 (JASWANT SINGH) gsv JUDGE