Crl. Misc. No.M-5526 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-5526 of 2011 Date of Decision: 22.02.2011 Karnail Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C for handing over the investigation of case FIR No.90 dated 08.12.2010 registered at Police Station Hariana, District Hoshiarpur under Section 302 IPC to any other independent agency or to some Senior Police Officer. Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. K.S. Pannu, learned D.A.G., Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondent-State. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the said FIR was registered only after the intervention of Senior Superintendent of Police. The allegations are serious. The murder of the brother of the petitioner is stated to have taken place on 26.09.2010 and the FIR was registered after almost 1 ½ months i.e on 08.12.2010. Till date, the Investigating Officer has not made any headway in the investigation and nothing has been done. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a Crl. Misc. No.M-5526 of 2011 2 direction to the concerned Senior Superintendent of Police to appoint an officer, not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police to investigate the matter. The Deputy Superintendent of Police concerned, as appointed by the Senior Superintendent of Police, shall investigate the matter and after allowing the petitioner to join in the said investigation, submit a final report, in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within three months from the receipt of a copy of this order. Meanwhile, the Senior Superintendent of Police, Hoshiarpur to look into the threat perception of the petitioner and take appropriate measures, if need be. A copy of the order be given dasti under the signatures of Reader/Bench Secretary of this Court to the learned counsel for the respondent-State for further information. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 22.02.2011 JUDGE gurpreet