CRM No. M 12485 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CRM No. M 12485 of 2010 Date of decision: 30.04.2010 Balwinder Kaur ........ petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. Rajesh Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) The only prayer made in this petition is for issuing direction to respondents No. 2 and 3 to register a case against respondent No. 4 who has cheated the petitioner for a sum of Rs.4,20,000/- for sending her abroad and also to look into the complaint dated 28.03.2010 (Annexure P-7). Without going into the merits of the case, it would be necessary to take into consideration the provision 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 to inquire into or try under the provisions of Chapter XII. Under Section CRM No. M 12485 of 2010 2 156 (3), the Magistrate is also empowered under Section 190 to order investigation and direct the registration of the FIR. In view of the above, learned counsel for the petitioner does not press the present petition and prays that he may be allowed to withdraw the present petition with liberty to avail an alternative remedy as may be available to him. Disposed of as above with liberty as prayed for. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge 30.04.2010 mohan