Criminal Misc. No. 21119-M of 2006 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 21119-M of 2006 Date of decision : March 05, 2008 Sumitra Devi and another .....Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. R.K. Dahiya, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Navneet Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for respondents no. 1 and 2. Mr. K.D.S. Hooda, Advocate for respondents no. 4 and 5. Mr. Navdeep Monga, Advocate for respondent no. 7. RAJESH BINDAL J. This is a petition for direction to respondent No. 3 to conduct investigation in the fake encounter of Sandeep son of the petitioners committed on November 18, 2005 and take action against the erring police officials involved in the murder of the son of the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioner states respondents may be directed to to register a FIR against the accused persons named in the petition for the offences committed by them in order to bring them to book, investigate it and file challan under Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against them Learned counsels for the respondents state that the present petition is not maintainable in view of the law laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Sakiri Vasu Vs. State of U.P. and others 2008 (1) RCR (Criminal) 392. Keeping in view the law laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Sakiri Vasu's case (supra) such a petition for direction to the police for investigation or registration of FIR could not be entertained as the Criminal Misc. No. 21119-M of 2006 -2- *** petitioner has effective alternative remedy under Section 156 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and as such this Court would not like to interfere in the matter in its extra ordinary jurisdiction. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed, however, with liberty to the petitioner to avail his alternative remedy in accordance with law. March 05, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge