Criminal Misc. No. M-22989 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No. M-22989 of 2011 Date of Decision: 14.10.2011 Gurjit Singh ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mrs. Avinash Mandla, Advocate for the petitioner. None for respondents No.2 and 3. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) In the present petition, a prayer has been made that this Court should invoke Section 340 Cr.P.C. and initiate prosecution of respondent No.2-M.A. Avtar Singh and respondent No.3-Harvinder Kaur for making false averments and furnishing false affidavits to this Court. Petitioner is the father of respondent No.3. According to the petitioner, respondent No.3 had made false averments in Criminal Misc. No. M- 13918 of 2011 and has not disclosed the factum of her earlier marriage with one Devinder Singh. It is further contended that some interpolations were made in the memo of parties. It seems that the petitioner-father, who is not satisfied with the conduct of his daughter, respondent No.3, of performing marriage with Criminal Misc. No. M-22989 of 2011 2 respondent No.2, has approached this Court for settling his personal revenge/vengeance. The legislation in its wisdom has specifically laid a bar under Section 195 Cr.P.C. not to prosecute each and every litigant. The offence, if any, has been committed against the Court. It is a common knowledge that the litigants do make wrong statements in the Court proceedings. For each and every wrong statement, each litigant cannot be prosecuted. The Court shall prosecute and punish such a litigant, when its conscience is pricked. However, the powers of the Court cannot be used for settlement of personal revenge or vengeance. To maintain majesty of law, it is necessary that in each and every complaint, the prosecution is not initiated and the Courts are not flooded with such kind of litigation. In view of the above, no directions are called for and the present petition is disposed of. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge October 14, 2011 “DK”