Crl. Misc. No. M-29089 of 2009 (O&M) [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-29089 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: January 6,2011 Lal Chand ................................................................ Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others .................................... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Ritu Bahri 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Ms. Savita Tanwar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P.S.Virk, DAG, Haryana. Mr. V.K.Jindal, Advocate. ... RITU BAHRI, J. This petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for a direction to respondent No.2 for registering the case against respondent Nos. 4 to 7. Learned counsel for the petitioner has referred to various documents and Annexures. He has argued that there is an on-going litigation between the petitioner and respondent Nos. 4 to 7 for the last 10 years. The respondents have been harassing the petitioner by making telephonic calls/by registering false agreement to sell his plot etc. Reference Crl. Misc. No. M-29089 of 2009 (O&M) [ 2 ] has been made to Annexure A1, a letter which has been written to the DGP for providing protection and harassment from the police. Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, has referred to the reply filed and has argued that the petitioner has a checkered history and he has been implicated in criminal cases and convicted on more than one occasion. The alleged agreement to sell has not been registered by the Notary. Heard learned counsel for the parties. There are disputed questions of fact. Therefore, the petitioner is relegated to the alternate remedy of filing a petition under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure before the Magistrate who is the appropriate authority to go into the facts. The Supreme Court in Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P and others 2008 (1) RCR (Criminal) 392 has examined this issue and has observed that the appropriate forum for direction to register a complaint or FIR is not under Section 482 Cr.P.C. The Magistrate has wide powers under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. to issue appropriate directions/investigation. Petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Magistrate. 6.1.2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Rupi JUDGE