Crl. Misc. No. M-47969 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-47969 of 2007 Date of decision : 01.09.2008 Chamkaur Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and Others ....Respondent. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present : Mr. Shivraj Angi, Advocate for Mr. K.K. Goel, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. R.S. Rawat, AAG Punjab A.N.JINDAL J.(ORAL) Reliance has been placed by the State over the judgment delivered by the Apex Court in case Sakiri Vasu Vs. State of U.P. 2008 (1) RCR (Cr.) 392. Having examined the issue it has been observed by Hon'ble Apex Court in case Sakiri Vasu (Supra) as under: “26. If a person has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police station his first remedy is to approach the Supreintendent of Police under Section 154 (3) Cr.P.C. or other police officer referred to in Section 36 Cr.P.C. If despite approaching the Superintendent of Police or the officer referred to in Section 36 his grievance still persists, then he can approach a Magistrate under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. instead of rushing to the High Court by way of a writ opetition or a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Moreover he has a Crl. Misc. No. M-47969 of 2007 2 further remedy of filing a criminal complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C. Why then should writ petitions or Section 482 petitions be entertained when there are so many alternative remedies.? 27. As we have already observed above, the Magistrate has very wide powers to direct registration of an FIR and to ensure a proper investigation, and for this purpose he can monitor the investigation to ensure that the investigation is done properly (though he cannot investigate himself). The High Court should discourage the practice of filing a writ petition or petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. simply because a person has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police. For this grievance the remedy lies under Sections 36 and 154 (3) before the concerned police officers, and if that is of no avail, under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. before the Magistrate or by filing a criminal complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C. and not by filing a writ petition or a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. ” In view of the matter this petition is dismissed. However, the petitioner is at liberty to approach the Illaqa Magistrate. 01.09.2008 (A.N. JINDAL) Ajay JUDGE