IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.3335 of 2009 Date of decision: March 3, 2009. Piara Singh ...Petitioner(s) v. State of Punjab & Ors. ...Respondent(s) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Shri Deepak Sabharwal, Advocate for the petitioner. ORDER Surya Kant, J. - (Oral): Notice of motion. Shri G.S. Attariwala, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondents No.1 to 4. In view of the nature of the order which I propose to pass, there is no necessity to issue notice to respondents No.5 to 9 to whom the directions issued herein-after shall cause no prejudice. The petitioner seeks a direction for a fair and impartial investigation into FIR No.30 dated 25.1.2009, under Section 364 IPC, registered at Police Station, City Kapurthala. The above stated FIR has been got registered by the petitioner with the allegations that his daughter Balwinder Kaur @ Harjinder Kaur was married to respondent No.8 (Jasbir Singh) about 12 years back and there is a male child out of the wedlock, aged about 11 years. The complainant's daughter is living separately from her husband allegedly on account of the mal-treatment and has been granted maintenance for that reason. It is alleged that since the respondent-husband and his family refused to pay maintenance despite court orders and recently warrants of attachment of their properties have been issued in execution proceedings, that the petitioner's daughter was allegedly abducted and mercilessly beaten. Having heard Learned Counsel for the parties and without expressing any views on the merits of the allegations, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Kapurthala to take cognizance of the application/complaint already made by the petitioner and ensure that the above stated FIR case is investigated by a senior police officer not below the rank of an Inspector, in a fair, impartial and dispassionate manner. The investigation shall be carried out in a time- bound manner and as early as possible. March 3, 2009. [ Surya Kant ] kadyan Judge