Crl. Misc. No.M-13386 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-13386 of 2010 Date of Decision: 07.05.2010 Yudhvir Sharma ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Pardeep Rajput, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C for issuing direction to respondent No.2 to look into letters/complaints (Annexures P-1 and P-2) and further direction be issued to official respondents for registration of a case/FIR against the private respondents. Without going into the merits of the case, it would be necessary to take into consideration the provisions of Section 156(3) of the Criminal Code of Procedure, which reads as under :- “ 156(3) Any Magistrate empowered under Section 190 may order such an investigation as above mentioned.” The above provision shows that the Magistrate has the power Crl. Misc. No.M-13386 of 2010 2 to inquire into or try under the provisions of Chapter XII. Under Section 156 (3), the Magistrate is also empowered under Section 190 to order investigation and direct the registration of the FIR. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to file criminal complaint or avail any other alternative remedy available as per law. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 07.05.2010 JUDGE gurpreet