IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-34162 of 2009 Date of Decision: May 11, 2010 Surjit Kaur .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. S.P.S. Tina, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Manoj Bajaj, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent Nos.1 to 3. None for respondent No.4. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) The petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for issuance of directions to the official respondents to complete the investigation of FIR No.385 dated 15.12.2007 under Section 306 IPC registered with Police Station, City, Abohar, District Ferozepur. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that daughter of the petitioner died Crl. Misc. No. M-34162 of 2009 [2] under mysterious circumstances. FIR was lodged, however, till date, investigation has not been concluded. Learned counsel for the respondent- State, on instructions from Satwant Singh, Assistant Sub Inspector and from the reply filed, states that the deceased was under depression. Investigation has been conducted and it has been concluded by the investigating agency that no offence has been committed. Cancellation report is proposed to be filed. In this regard, learned counsel for the respondent-State relies on affidavits of Tarlok Singh son of Wadhawa Singh and Surjit Kaur (petitioner). Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the affidavit of the petitioner was taken under coercion. Investigation has not been conducted in fair manner. Be that as it may, in view of statement of learned counsel for the respondent- State that cancellation report would be filed before the Illaqa Magistrate within three weeks from today, the petition is disposed of. It is however observed that the petitioner being the complainant would have the right to file application for re-investigation/ further investigation while giving grounds Crl. Misc. No. M-34162 of 2009 [3] indicating defect in the investigation process. The petitioner would further be at liberty to file objection petition to the cancellation report. (AJAI LAMBA) May 11, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?