CRM No. M-6592 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-6592 of 2008 Date of Decision: 05.03.2010 Gursewak Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Karan Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgement ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) The only prayer made in this petition is for issuance of directions to respondent No. 2 to ensure the free and impartial enquiry of the matter and to decide the representation dated 06.01.2010 (Annexure P- 4) submitted by the petitioner by marking an enquiry to the senior police officials and take necessary legal action against respondents No. 5 to 11. Before going into the merits of the case, it would be necessary to take into consideration the provisions of Section 156(3) of the Cr.P.C., which reads as under :- “156(3) Any Magistrate empowered under Section 190 may order such an investigation as above mentioned.” CRM No. M-6592 of 2008 2 The above provision shows that the Magistrate has the power to inquire into or try under the provisions of Chapter XII. Under Section 156(3), the Magistrate is also empowered under Section 190 to order investigation and direct the registration of the FIR. In view of the above, learned counsel for the petitioner does not press the present petition and prays that he may be allowed to withdraw the present petition with liberty to avail an alternative remedy. Disposed of as above with liberty as prayed for. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 05.03.2010 JUDGE mohan