In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Crl. Misc. No. M-21508 of 2008 Date of decision: November 20, 2008 Mahinder Singh alias Sherry and another ... Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. Chander Maini, Advocate with Ms. Puneeta Sethi, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. C.S. Brar, DAG, Punjab for the respondent No.1. Ms. G.K. Mann, Advocate for the respondent No.2. A.N. Jindal, J Learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his arguments only for quashing the summoning order dated 23.5.2008 (Annexure P-1) passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amritsar summoning the petitioners under Section 323 IPC read with Section 3 (x) of the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. While urging that the respondents are residents of the area falling beyond the jurisdiction of the Courts at Amritsar, therefore, as per amended provisions of Section 202 of Cr.P.C., where the accused resides at a place beyond the area in which the court exercised its jurisdiction, the court is required to either enquire into the case himself or direct the investigation to be made by the police officer or any such person as it thinks appropriate. Of course, the summoning order could be assailed before the court of Sessions by Crl. Misc. No. M-21508 of 2008 -2- *** filing revision petition and the proceedings under Section 482 Cr.P.C. could not be invoked. Resultantly, this petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to challenge the summoning order dated 23.5.2008 (Annexure P1) by filing revision petition before the Court of Sessions and in case the revision petition is filed within one month from today then bar of limitation shall not come in their way. November 20, 2008 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge