CWP No. 22851 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CWP No. 22851 of 2011 Date of decision December 9, 2011 Palwinder Singh ....... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ........ Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Veneet Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. **** K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The writ petition is for a direction against the respondents to take appropriate action against the accused persons on the basis of a complaint dated 20.11.2011 for the injuries suffered by the petitioner and for a direction to protect the life and liberty of the petitioner. Even the persons against whom the complaint is made in the writ petition have not been made parties and it will be inappropriate for this Court to grant the relief to the petitioner in their absence. 2. Admittedly a complaint has been given by the petitioner for the injuries suffered by him and the petitioner has also filed documents to show that he had taken treatment. The petitioner is said to have given representation on 20.11.2011 for a registration of FIR against the accused persons. If the complaint is not registered there are provisions under the Criminal Procedure Code for registration of complaint and for a direction of investigation to be done by approaching the Jurisdictional Magistrate. The petitioner cannot have a remedy under Article 226 of the Constitution directly for registering a complaint. The petitioner will exhaust CWP No. 22851 of 2011 2 the substantial remedies provided under the Code of Criminal Procedure. 3. The issue of whether the petitioner is entitled to protection of life and liberty will be examined by the Senior Superintendent of Police and will take appropriate action for extending to the petitioner protection, if the situation so warrants. 4. The writ petition is disposed of. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE December 9, 2011 archana