Crl. Misc. No.M-4538 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-4538 of 2011 Date of Decision: 14.02.2011 Anu Bala ....Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Surinder Gandhi, 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 issuance of direction to respondent No.1 for further investigation in the case in FIR No.248 dated 11.11.2004 under Sections 498-A, 406, 506/34 IPC registered at Police Station Beri, District Jhajjar. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that an application under Section 173(8) of Cr.P.C was moved by the petitioner way back on 30.01.2007. Thereafter, the reply was filed by the respondents as late as on 19.01.2008. However, the said application has not been decided till date. In fact, vide order dated 30.04.2010, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhajjar adjourned the matter to 10.05.2010 for arguments on application under Section 173(8) of Cr.P.C. It is contended that the said application has not been decided till date and the Court has already Crl. Misc. No.M-4538 of 2011 2 proceeded to record the evidence. In view of the above submission, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the Magistrate, before whom the said application is pending, to decide the same forthwith, preferably within three weeks from the receipt of copy of this order. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 14.02.2011 JUDGE gurpreet