Crl. Misc. No. M-14590 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-14590 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: July 5, 2010 Jaswinder Singh and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present: Mr. Vikas Bahl, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. AS Brar, Sr. DAG, Punjab, for respondents No. 1 to 3. Mr. SS Sandhu, Advocate, for respondent No.4. GURDEV SINGH, J. Heard. The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (hereinafter referred to as 'the Code') for issuance of necessary directions to respondent No.2 to expedite the investigation in respect of FIR No. 393 dated 8.9.2007 registered at Police Station Kotwali, Patiala, under Sections 302 and 364 IPC, on the ground that the said respondent has miserably failed to conclude the investigation and present the final report under Section 173 of the Code, inspite of the fact that the investigation was handed over to the Director, Vigilance Bureau, by this Court, vide order dated 6.3.2009 passed in Crl. Misc. 22636 of 2008 and a period of one year and two months have already passed since then. Reply was submitted by respondents No.1 to 3. Respondent Crl. Misc. No. M-14590 of 2010 2 No.4 has also filed his reply today which is taken on record. It has been submitted by the learned State counsel that since 29.4.2009, the investigation is being conducted by the S.S.P. (Vigilance), Patiala Circle, almost on day to day basis, but has failed to find out the real culprits. He has also submitted that he has no objection if the investigation of this case is transferred to some other agency. As reflected from the contentions of the petitioner made in the petition, they are losing faith their in the Director, Vigilance Bureau, who was directed to investigate this case and they have also made a prayer in the petition for the transfer of the investigation to C.B.I., which has been impleaded as respondent No.4. The FIR was registered in the year 2007. Almost three years have passed since then but the police of Punjab State has not been able to conclude the investigation and to find out the real culprits, though a direction was issued in the above said criminal misc. petition to hand over the investigation to the Director, Vigilance Bureau. It is very much clear from the statement made by the learned State counsel that even the vigilance authorities are finding themselves helpless to trace out the real culprits. When such is the position, the investigation of the case is ordered to be transferred to the C.B.I.-respondent No.4 and it is directed to conclude the investigation within a period of six months from the date of receipt of the records from the State agency. The petition is disposed of accordingly. July 5, 2010 (GURDEV SINGH ) prem JUDGE