Criminal Misc. No. M-25277 of 2008 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-25277 of 2008 Date of Decision: 13.1.2009 Jagdev Singh alias Jagga …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Gurcharan Dass, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Mr. Brar, on instructions from Sukhdev Singh, Assistant Sub Inspector, states that cancellation report in case FIR No. 137 dated 6.8.2007 registered at Police Station Raikot, District Ludhiana (Rural), under Sections 307, 324, 341, 506, 148, 149 IPC and 25, 27, 54, 59 of the Arms Act, has been submitted in the Court of Area Magistrate (Illaqa Magistrate) on 3.11.2008. It has been further stated that cancellation report has been accepted. Counsel for the petitioner states that no notice was issued to him before acceptance of the cancellation report and he has a right to file the protest petition. Counsel for the petitioner submits that acceptance of Criminal Misc. No. M-25277 of 2008 2 cancellation report without issuance of notice to him is violation of mandate of law laid down by Hon'ble the Apex Court in Bhagwant Singh v. Commissioner of Police 1985 Criminal Law Journal 1521. Counsel for the petitioner further states that in case cancellation report has been accepted, he be permitted to file revision against the order for setting aside the acceptance of cancellation report. Counsel further states that in case the same has not been accepted then he has a right to file the protest petition. In view of the averments made by counsel for the petitioner, present petition is disposed off with liberty aforesaid. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge January 13, 2009 “DK”