IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 45695-M of 2007 Date of decision : March 05, 2008 Sapinder Singh @ Harvinder Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Munish Jolly, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondents RAJESH BINDAL J. This is a petition for direction to respondents to register a FIR against the accused persons named in the petition for the offences committed by them in order to bring them to book, investigate it and file challan under Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against them in accordance with law. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner submitted a complaint to the respondent no. 2 on July 3, 2006 to register a case against the accused persons but till date nothing has been done. Learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab states that the present petition is not maintainable in view of the law laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Sakiri Vasu Vs. State of U.P. and others 2008 (1) RCR (Criminal) 392. Keeping in view the law laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Sakiri Vasu's case (supra) such a petition for direction to the police for investigation or 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 ordinary jurisdiction. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed, however, with liberty to the petitioner to avail his alternative remedy in accordance with law. March 05, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge