Crl. Misc. No.M-12633 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-12633 of 2010 Date of Decision: 03.05.2010 Ujjagar Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondent CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Avtar S. Khinda, 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 issuing direction to respondents No.2 and 3 to decide the application dated 22.03.2010 (Annexure P-5) and to take appropriate action in accordance with law. Without going into the merits of the case, it would be necessary to take into consideration the provisions of Section 156(3) of the Criminal Code of Procedure, which reads as under :- “ 156(3) Any Magistrate empowered under Section 190 may order such an investigation as above mentioned.” The above provision shows that the Magistrate has the power to inquire into or try under the provisions of Chapter XII. Under Section 156 (3), the Magistrate is also empowered under Section 190 to order investigation and direct the registration of the FIR. In view of the above, learned counsel for the petitioner does not press the present petition and prays that he may be allowed to Crl. Misc. No.M-12633 of 2010 2 withdraw the present petition with liberty to avail alternative remedy. Disposed of as above with liberty as prayed for. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 03.05.2010 JUDGE gurpreet