Crl. Misc. No. M – 18195 of 2010(O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. Misc. No. M – 18195 of 2010(O&M) Date of decision:- 3.8.2010 Vineet Kumar Malhotra ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & Ors. ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present:- Mr. N.S.Sidhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. A.S.Brar, Sr. DAG, Punjab. Gurdev Singh, J (oral) Heard. In this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure the prayer by the petitioner – Vineet Kumar Malhotra is for issuance of a direction for entrustment of investigation of a case FIR No. 111 dated 20.5.2010, registered under Sections 323, 341, 506 and 34 IPC at Police Station Sadar Ludhiana, to the Crime Branch or some other independent agency for conducting the fair, impartial and expeditious investigation or for issuance of directions to the respondent No.2 to conduct the fair, impartial and expeditious investigation himself or to depute some other senior official to carry out the same. It has been submitted by learned State counsel that he has no objection if the investigation of the above said FIR is transferred to that Crime Branch of the Punjab Police. It has been submitted that that Branch is being headed by ADGP, who can depute some S.P to conduct the Crl. Misc. No. M – 18195 of 2010(O&M) -2- investigation. Accordingly, the investigation of the above said FIR is ordered to be entrusted to the Crime Branch of the Punjab Police. The ADGP of that Branch shall depute some S.P to conduct the investigation with a direction to conclude the same within three months. The petition is disposed of accordingly. August 3, 2010 (Gurdev Singh) tripti Judge