CRIMINAL MISC.No.M-11744 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Cr.M.No.M-11744 of 2011(O&M) DATE OF DECISION : 8.7.2011 Amrik Singh alias Miki Singh PETITIONER VERSUS State of Punjab and others RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER Present:- Shri Sanjay Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri B.B.S.Teji, Senior D.A.G. Punjab. MAHESH GROVER, J. This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. wherein the petitioner has made a grievance that he is a witness and a complainant in a case in which he had sustained injuries at the hands of accused persons named in F.I.R. No.54 dated 13.10.2009 registered under Sections 307,323,324,34 I.P.C. at Police Station Methiana, District Hoshiarpur. His grievance is that he is repeatedly receiving threats from the accused persons on telephone and they are further threatening to eliminate him. Notice of motion was issued in this case and the reply has been filed by way of an affidavit of Shri Harinder Pal Singh Parmar, D.S.P.(R), Hoshiarpur CRIMINAL MISC.No.M-11744 of 2011 -2- on behalf of the respondents stating that they were in receipt of the applications dated 6.9.2010, 27.9.2010 and 10.1.2011 addressed to the S.S.P., Hoshiarpur regarding the grievance which has been made in the instant petition and applications were marked to the S.H.O., Police Station Methiana, District Hoshiarpur who enquired into the matter and found that there was no substance in the said complaints/applications and that the petitioner had not received any threat. Shri B.B.S.Teji, Senior D.A.G. Punjab on instructions from ASI Santokh Singh states that the accused persons are behind the bars. In view of the affidavit filed by the respondents, there is no further material on which this Court can conclude that the allegations made by the petitioner regarding receiving of threats etc. are genuine or not. However, the fact remains that the petitioner is an injured witness and complainant in the said case and, therefore, the possibility of his apprehension may not be entirely baseless. In such a situation, liberty is granted to the petitioner to approach the learned trial Court in the event of any substantive threat from the accused persons when his statement is to be recorded and the said Court will look into his grievance and grant necessary protection to the petitioner for the said date in the event of recording his satisfaction to that effect. Disposed of. (MAHESH GROVER) July 8, 2011 JUDGE GD