IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM M-13096 of 2010 Date of Decision:28.4.2011 Kaur Singh .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .... Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present: Mr. S.S. Brar, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Gurveen H. Singh, Addl. A.G. Punjab. Mr. B.S. Bhalla, Advocate for the complainant. **** 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) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.34 dated 18.3.2010 under Section 420 IPC Police Station Moga Sadar, District Moga. On 6.5.2010, following interim order was passed: “In the meantime, it is directed that the investigating officer would consider the averments made in the petition and only thereafter finalize the investigation report. If considered necessary, the investigating officer shall give hearing to the petitioner, also. The investigating agency is required to cull out the truth and thereafter finalize investigation.” Reply by way of affidavit of Balwinder Singh, PPS, DSP (City), Moga, has been filed on behalf of respondent No.1-State. As per the said reply, the investigation of the case is still pending and CRM M-13096 of 2010 -2- the same will be completed within a short period. No final report has been submitted till date. As such, the matter is pending. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner will be satisfied if direction is issued to the investigating agency to complete the investigation and submit its final report in a time bound frame. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the Investigating agency to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible and submit its final report within 3 months from today. The petitioner is always at liberty to file afresh in case challan is submitted. 28.4.2011 ( NIRMALJIT KAUR ) rajeev JUDGE