Crl. Misc.No.M 20864 of 2010 #1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc.No.M 20864 of 2010 Date of Decision:-29.09.2010 Kiranjeet Kaur. ......Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab & Ors. ......Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH. Present:- Mr. Ashish Aggarwal, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab. *** JASWANT SINGH, J.(ORAL) Prayer is under Section 482 Cr.PC for issuance of directions to the respondents no.1 & 2 to hand over the investigation of the case FIR No.04 dated 7.4.2010 under Sections 498-A and 406 Indian Penal Code registered with Police Station Jhander, Amritsar, District Amritsar Rural to CIA Staff or some independent investigation agency. The allegations levelled by the petitioner against respondents no.5 & 6 are that they used to harass and torture the petitioner on account of bringing insufficient dowry. When the petitioner went to report this matter to the police authorities, the police had registered the above mentioned FIR but did not take appropriate action against the respondents no.5 & 6 as such Crl. Misc.No.M 20864 of 2010 #2# petitioner has approached this court for exercising its powers to direct the respondents no.1 & 2 to hand over the investigation to some independent agency. While issuing notice of motion SSP Rural, Amritsar was directed to file his affidavit apprising the Court about the status of the investigation conducted in the aforesaid FIR. Status Report in the shape of affidavit of Mr. Gurmeet Singh Chauhan, SSP Amritsar(Rural) regarding aforementioned FIR has been filed wherein it has been stated that earlier compromise was effected between petitioner and respondents no.5 & 6 by entering into compromise deed dated 13.1.2010 and Balkar Singh father of the petitioner had taken Rs.50,000/- from respondents no.5 & 6 and cancellation report was recommended. Thereafter legal opinion was sought and DA(legal) Amritsar after examining the matter vide report dated 11.5.2010 opined that the report 173 Cr.PC be prepared and submitted in the court. Thereafter in an enquiry conducted by SP, Head Quarters, Amritsar(Rural) statements of petitioner-Kiranjeet Kaur along with her father as well as respondents no.5 & 6 namely Manjit Singh and Jarnail Singh respectively was recorded. In her statement petitioner-Kiranjeet Kaur had stated that she along with her father were forced to sign the compromise dated 13.1.2010 and same is not correct. It is further stated in the report that proper investigation has been conducted in the above-mentioned FIR against the respondents no.5 & 6 and SHO PS Jhander has been directed to arrest the accused-respondents no.5 & 6 and file the challan under Section 173 Cr.PC after completion of investigation. Crl. Misc.No.M 20864 of 2010 #3# In view of the status report filed in the shape of affidavit of SSP Amritsar(Rural), the present petition has become infructuous. Disposed of as infructuous. ( JASWANT SINGH ) JUDGE 29th September, 2010 Vinay