IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-34453 of 2008 Date of Decision: December 24, 2008 Binder Singh & Another .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Jaideep Verma, Advocate, for the petitioners. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing FIR No.144 dated 15.11.2008 (Annexure P-1) lodged for commission of offence punishable under Section(s) 3 & 4 of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and Sections 353, 186, 506, 34 IPC, with Police Station, Budhlada, District Mansa. Learned counsel contends that the name of the petitioners does not figure in the FIR. It is only after 10 days of lodging of FIR that the petitioners have been implicated. In view of the stage of the case that investigation is pending, I do not deem it appropriate to quash the FIR and proceedings at this stage. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) December 24, 2008 JUDGE avin