IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No.8385 -M of 2010 DATE OF DECISION : APRIL 20, 2010 NISHA SIDHU ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. GPS Bal, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Ms. Rajni Gupta, Addl.AG, Punjab. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) This petition under Section 482, Code of Criminal Procedure, has been filed praying for directions to the Investigating Agency/respondents No.1 to 3 to conclude investigation in case FIR No.36 dated 8.3.2007 under Sections 376 and 120-B, Indian Penal Code, and Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Police Station, Haibowal, District Ludhiana. Reply by way of affidavit of Shri Ishwar Singh, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana, has been filed in court today, which is taken on record. It has been brought out that after registration of the case, the Criminal Misc. No.8385 -M of 2010 2 petitioner solemnized her marriage with respondent No.4-Vishal Sharma and they started living together. Even a son has been born out of the wedlock. A compromise was effected. Accordingly, a cancellation report was submitted in the court of the Illaqa Magistrate on 31.8.2007. In the meantime, the relations between the husband and wife became strained, whereupon the petitioner disagreed with the cancellation report and the investigation. In view of the statement of the petitioner, the Illaqa Magistrate referred the matter for reinvestigation. It has been further brought out that reinvestigation is at an advance stage and the final report under Section 173, Code of Criminal Procedure, shall be submitted in the court of Illaqa Magistrate, Ludhiana. Shri Paramjit Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police (North), Ludhiana, is present in court and undertakes that the reinvestigation process would be concluded within a period of one month from today and final report under Section 173, Code of Criminal Procedure, would be submitted. In view of the stand of the respondents No.1 to 3, as recorded above, this petition is not pressed and is, therefore, disposed of. April 20, 2010 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?