IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-4367of 2011 (O & M) Date of Decision: August 24, 2011 Baljit Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Balram Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Manoj Bajaj, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent Nos.1 to 4. Mr. Deepak Sabharwal, Advocate, for respondent No.5. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. prays for issuance of directions to the official respondents to protect the life and liberty of the petitioner. Allegation is that petitioner is being harassed and humiliated by respondent No.4 i.e. Kulwinder Singh Thiara, Superintendent of Police (Headquarters), Kapurthala, in abuse of powers vested by law in him. 2. The stand of the official respondents is that repeated Crl. Misc. No. M-4367 of 2011 [2] complaints were made by respondent No.5, Bhajan Kaur, against whom the petitioner is litigating. All the complaints were filed considering the fact that dispute between respondent No.5, Bhajan Kaur and petitioner, Baljit Singh, is of civil nature. The civil case is pending before Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Phagwara. 3. Annexure P-4, is civil suit titled ‘Baljit Singh vs. Bhajan Kaur’ in regard to a Will purportedly executed by Tara Singh who was the uncle of Bhajan Kaur. The Will is unregistered. 4. Learned counsel for respondent No.5 has pointed out that on the papers in Bank, Tara Singh has affixed his signatures whereas on the Will, thumb impressions is shown to have been affixed. 5. Be that as it may, without going into the controversies that are pending adjudication before the Civil Court, suffice it to say that no directions are required to be issued under Section 482 Cr.P.C. as the dispute between the petitioner and respondent No.5 is of civil nature, at the instance of the petitioner. Civil Court is already seized of the matter. 6. The petition is accordingly disposed of. 7. This order shall not debar either the petitioner or the respondents to file criminal complaint. (AJAI LAMBA) August 24, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?