Criminal Misc.-M No. 10298 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No. 10298 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 20.9.2011 Ranjit Singh .. Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K. S. Pannu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Rahul Rampal, Advocate for respondents No. 5, 6, 8, 11 and 13. ... Rajesh Bindal J. This is a petition for issuance of a direction to respondent No. 3 to take action against` respondents No. 5 to 13 under the appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner made two complaints dated 23.2.2011 and 25.3.2011 (Annexures-P3 and P4) to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Faridkot but no action has been initiated against the culprits. Keeping in view the law laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P. and others, 2008(1) RCR (Criminal) 392 such a petition for direction to the police to take action or for registration of FIR could not be entertained as the petitioner has effective alternative remedy under Section 156 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and as such this court would not like to interfere in the matter in its extra Criminal Misc.-M No. 10298 of 2011 [2] ordinary jurisdiction. Faced with this situation, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be permitted to withdraw the present petition. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed as withdrawn, however, with liberty to the petitioner to avail of his alternative remedy in accordance with law. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 20.9.2011 mk