Criminal Misc. No. M-7112 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-7112 of 2009 Date of Decision: 19.3.2009 Gurbachan Kaur …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Mehar Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that he had earlier approached this Court vide Criminal Misc. No. M-19673 of 2008 and this Court had directed the Senior Superintendent of Police, Jalandhar, to hold an enquiry. Counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that though a Security Guard has been provided to the family of the petitioner, yet respondents No.5 to 11 came to the house of the petitioner and caused simple injuries. No medical evidence has been placed on record. Counsel for the petitioner further submits that when the Security Guard Santokh Singh, Constable No. 2591 chased respondents No.5 to 11, then father of girl Jagjit Singh, Sub Inspector, had fired the shots. In support of this contention, affidavit of Santokh Singh, Constable, has annexed as Annexure P2. Santokh Singh, Constable Criminal Misc. No. M-7112 of 2009 2 had not lodged any Daily Diary Report to the Police Station. Counsel for the petitioner further submitted that a representation has been made by the petitioner but the same has not been annexed with the present petition. In view of this, petitioner is permitted to file a fresh representation before the Senior Superintendent of Police, Jalandhar, within ten days from receipt of certified copy of order. Section 36 of the Code of Criminal Procedure reads as under:- “36. Powers of superior officers of police – Police Officers superior in rank to an officer in charge of a Police Station may exercise the same powers, throughout the local area to which they are appointed, as may be exercised by such officer within the limits of his station”. In case such a representation is submitted, the Senior Superintendent of Police, Jalandhar, shall pass a well reasoned and speaking order on the same so that law take its own course. With the observations made above, the present petition is disposed off. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge March 19, 2009 “DK”