Cr.MMO No. 50 of 2008 20.06.2008 Present: Mr. Subhash Sharma, counsel for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Guleria, Law Officer, for the respondents. Petitioner has filed the present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 Cr.P.C., praying that F.I.R. has not been registered by the police on the basis of the rapat made by him. A perusal of the record shows that a rapat was lodged by the petitioner on 15.3.2008 at 10.15 PM. The police investigated, as per report of the police, but found that no cognizable case was made out and accordingly, F.I.R. was not registered. It is also in the report that a cross complaint was made by the other party on which an F.I.R. was registered which is under investigation or the investigation has been completed by this time as submitted by the learned Law Officer. Once the police came to the conclusion that no cognizable case was made out, it cannot be said that direction can be issued to register an F.I.R. on the basis of the rapat lodged by the petitioner. The petitioner has the remedy to apply to the learned Magistrate under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. in case any cognizable offence was made out and it was for the learned Magistrate to consider the facts alleged therein. In the alternative, the petitioner is at liberty to file private complaint and accordingly, no case is made …2… out for issuing any directions on the basis of the petition filed by the petitioner, which is disposed of in view of above terms accordingly. June 20, 2008 ( V.K. Ahuja), J. (BSS)