Criminal Revision No.489 of 1989 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.489 of 1989 Date of decision: February 15, 2008 H.K.Chopra … Petitioner Versus Dr.J.B.Dilawari … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Jasdev Singh Mehndiratta, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. Sukant Gupta, Addl. PP-UT, Chandigarh Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Mr.J.S.Mehndiratta, with all vehemence at his command, has stated that the Judicial Magistrate (1st Class), Chandigarh committed a grave error by dismissing the complaint on the ground that same has become infructuous. The grievance sought to be made in the complaint was that the respondent, Dr.J.B.Dilawari, who was Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Hepatology (liver disease), PGI, Chandigarh, had not got himself registered with the Medical Council of India and therefore action was sought to be taken against him under Section 15 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, which provides imprisonment for one year and a fine, which may extend upto Rs.1000/-. Criminal Revision No.489 of 1989 2 Counsel for the accused stated that the accused got himself registered with the Punjab Medical Council as per certificate of registration bearing No. EB-25307 dated 26th December, 1988 with effect from 17th June, 1983. On the observation made by this Court that present complaint is due to inter-se rivalry between two professors of the PGI and can have consequences which cannot be appreciated, as a professor of medicine is being unnecessarily dragged into uncalled for litigation, the counsel for the petitioner states that he will not press the present revision petition and he may be allowed to withdraw the same. In view of the statement of the counsel for the petitioner, present revision petition is dismissed as not pressed. [Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia] Judge February 15, 2008. rps