Crl. Misc. No.M-2809 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-2809 of 2011 Date of Decision: 28.01.2011 Balbir Kaur ....Petitioner Versus Chandigarh Administration & others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Ashu Kaushik, 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 Cr.P.C for registration of a criminal case against (i) Manmohan Singh @ Mantoo son of Labh Singh (ii) Prabhjeet Kaur wife of Manmohan Singh both residents of House No.1215, Sector 8-C, Chandigarh. Hon'ble the Supreme Court in the case of Sakiri Vasu vs. State of U.P. and others reported as 2008(2) Supreme Court Cases 409, held in para 27 as under :- “ 27. As we have already observed above, the Magistrate has very wide powers to direct registration of an FIR and to ensure a proper investigation and for this purpose he can monitor the investigation to ensure that the investigation is done properly (though he cannot investigate himself). The High Court should discourage the practice of filing a writ petition or petition under Section 482 Cr.PC simply because a person has a Crl. Misc. No.M-2809 of 2011 2 grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police, or after being registered, proper investigation has not been done by the police. For this grievance, the remedy lies under Sections 36 and 154 (3) before the police officers concerned, and if that is of no avail, under Section 156 (3) Cr.PC before the Magistrate or by filing a criminal complaint under Section 200 CrPC and not by filing a writ petition or a petition under Section 482 Cr.PC.” In view of the above and taking into account the facts of the present case, the present petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to avail of alternative remedy in accordance with law. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 28.01.2011 JUDGE gurpreet