CRM No. M 32498 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CRM No. M 32498 of 2010 Date of decision: 15.02.2011 Balwinder Kaur ........ Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. Deepak Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. K S Pannu, DAG, Punjab -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) This is a petition under section 482 Cr.P.C for directing respondents No. 2 to 4 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioner and her family members and to ensure that the petitioner and her family members are not harassed and tortured at the hands of respondent No. 7 and further for directing respondents No. 2 to 4 to ensure that respondent No. 7 acts in a fair, impartial manner and in accordance with the investigation arrived out by respondent No. 6 which has been duly approved by respondents No. 4 and 5. Reply has been filed. As per the reply, on the statement of Balwinder Kaur wife of Balbir Singh resident of Wadala Kalan, P S Beas, District Amritsar (Rural) case FIR No. 55 dated 20.05.2010 under Section 452, 325, 323, 506, 148, 149 IPC, P S Verowal, District Tarn Taran has CRM No. M 32498 of 2010 2 been registered against 1) Mukhtiar Singh son of Pritam Singh, caste Sansi, resident of Sangarkot, 2) Sonu son of Mukhtiar Singh resident of Sangar Kot, 3) Surinder Singh son of Pritam Singh r/o Sangarkot, 4) Babbi wife of Surinder Singh Sansi resident of Sangarkot, 5) Amarjit Kaur wife of Mukhtiar Singh Sansi, resident of Sangarkot PS Verowal, District Tarn Taran, and in this case all the accused mentioned are yet to be arrested. The police of Police Station Verowal was continuously raiding the houses of the accused mentioned above but every time all the accused persons were not found present in their respective houses. Thereafter, a cross case on the statement of Amarjit Kaur wife of Mukhtiar Singh was registered against petitioner and relatives of the present petitioner, details thereof are in para 2 of the preliminary submissions. All the accused in cross case are on bail. As such, the investigation in the FIR as well as in the cross case is pending. However, Mr. K S Pannu, DAG, Punjab, on instructions from ASI Tarsem Singh states that the present petitioner is not required in the said case at Police Station Verowal, District Tarn Taran. In view of the fact that a cross case is pending against the other family members of the petitioner as well as taking into account the statement that the petitioner is not required in any case by the police of Police Station Verowal, District Tarn Taran, no further order is required to be passed except that this Court has no doubt that the said investigation will be fair and impartial. Disposed of accordingly. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge 15.02.2011 mohan