Criminal Misc. No. M-20187 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-20187 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 01.11.2011. Kuldeep Singh ..Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. S.K. Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sudhir Nehra, Addl. A.G. Punjab, for the respondents – State. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) 1. By filing this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Kuldeep Singh-petitioner seeks direction for investigation of case bearing First Information Report No.70 dated June 26th, 2010, under Sections 148, 323, 341, 427 and 506 read with Section 149 of Indian Penal Code (Annexure P-2) and Daily Diary Report No.27 dated June 27th, 2010, under Sections 326 etc. IPC registered in Police Station Sadar, Faridkot by an independent agency or some higher officer not below the rank of Inspector General of Police. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that in this case, inquiry was conducted by Superintendent of Police (Detective), Faridkot as per the order of the Additional Director General of Police, Punjab (Annexure P-4) and it was found that Devinder Singh, one of the accused also participated in the occurrence. Inspite of that, Senior Superintendent of Police, Faridkot vide order dated May 3rd, 2011 (Annexure P-6), again directed the inquiry to be conducted by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Faridkot and Station House Officer, Police Station Sadar, Faridkot. Vide report (Annexure P-7), they found Devinder Singh to be innocent. Criminal Misc. No. M-20187 of 2011 (O&M) 2 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner further urged that the report of investigation conducted by Senior Police Officer, that is, Superintendent of Police (Detective), Faridkot should have been accepted and the report submitted by Deputy Superintendent of Police prima facie appears to be wrong. Under these circumstances, it has been prayed that fresh investigation should be carried out under the supervision of the Inspector General of Police, Ferozepur Range. 4. Considering the submission convincing, this Court directs Inspector General of Police, Ferozepur Range to personally look into the matter and if it is deemed fit, to get the matter investigated again from a higher officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police. 5. Disposed of accordingly. 01.11.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) neetu JUDGE