Crl. Misc. No. M - 35832 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. Misc. No. M - 35832 of 2009 Date of decision:- 27.1.2010 Kareshan Khan ... Petitioner. Versus State of Haryana & Ors. ... Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present:- Mr. R.M.Ravi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Raja Sharma, AAG, Haryana. Gurdev Singh, J (oral) Heard. Petitioner- Kareshan Khan has filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with the following prayers:- i) to issue a direction to the respondents to take appropriate action against the accused mentioned in FIR No.110, dated 23.8.2009, registered at Police Station Mullana, under Sections 148, 149, 323, 324, 379, 427, 452, 307, 506 and 120-B IPC and to arrest them immediately in connection with the aforesaid offences; ii)to transfer the investigation to some other independent agency or the Crime Branch; iii) to direct the police to provide protection to him and his family members; A detailed reply has been filed in the form of affidavit of Ashok Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Barara. He has deposed therein Crl. Misc. No. M - 35832 of 2009 -2- that 31 persons have been named as accused, out of which 8 have already been arrested and non-bailable warrants have been issued against the remaining accused. The police protection has already been provided to the petitioner and his family members and a temporary force has been put on duty round the clock. SI Manphool Singh is present in Court and has reported that the FIR is being investigated by him. According to him he has recorded the statements of all the witnesses who have been named by the complainant and that no other witness was produced during the investigation by the complainant. When such is the position, it cannot be said that the investigation is not being conducted in a fair manner and that there is a ground to transfer the investigation to some other independent agency. Eight of the persons, named as accused, have already been arrested and steps have already been taken to arrest the remaining accused by the investigating agency. The police protection has already been provided to the petitioner and his family members. In view of what has been said above, no direction is required to be issued in this petition. The petition is disposed of accordingly. January 27, 2010 (Gurdev Singh) tripti Judge