Criminal Misc. No. M-6803 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-6803 of 2008. Date of decision:-23.04.2008. Surinder Singh ...Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. J.S.Brar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. A.S.Brar, DAG Punjab. RAJESH BINDAL J. The petitioner has approached this court praying for direction to the respondents to serve him 10 days advance notice in case the petitioner is required to be arrested in a case registered against him at the behest of Swaran Singh son of Gurbachan Singh resident of Muktsar on account of agreement to sell executed between the parties on 23.03.2006 which in fact stood cancelled on 31.03.2007. Upon notice, reply in the form of affidavit dated 19.4.2008 of Baljit Singh, D.S.P. Muktsar has been filed today in court stating therein that as on that date there was no FIR registered against the petitioner and no complaint was pending for investigation. Keeping in view the fact that the dispute between the parties is prima facie of civil nature, I find merit in the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner for granting him seven days advance notice before the petitioner is sought to be arrested in FIR if got registered by Swaran Singh son of Gurbachan Singh resident of Muktsar against the petitioner with reference to agreement to sell dated 23.03.2006. Accordingly, it is Criminal Misc. No. M-6803 of 2008 -2- directed that in case FIR is registered against the petitioner with reference to the aforesaid agreement to sell, the petitioner shall be given seven days notice before his arrest. The petition is disposed of accordingly. 23rd April, 2008. (RAJESH BINDAL) asija JUDGE