IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-24037 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 9.8.2011 Pritam Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present: Mr.R.K.Girdhar, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. In this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure prayer has been made that the life and liberty of the petitioner be protected. It is further prayed that FIR No.77 dated 5.6.2011 under Sections 420/465/467/471/120-B IPC registered at Police Station City Jalalabad be got investigated in a fair manner. A perusal of the petition reveals that the case has emanated from a civil dispute where possession of some property is in question. The petitioner has already availed the remedy by filing a civil suit wherein his possession has been protected. The petitioner's apprehension is that the persons who have been named in the FIR have not been arrested and therefore, the investigation is tardy. On due consideration of the matter, I am of the opinion that the facts as suggested in the petition reveal essentially a civil Crl.Misc.No.M-24037 of 2011 (O&M) -2- dispute which is going on inter se between the parties. Indeed, an FIR has been registered but to say that each and every person is to be arrested at the asking of the petitioner would be at best a travesty of justice. The investigating agency cannot be dictated to by a complainant. The Court under Section 482 of the Code can view the investigation in case the offence is one which shocks the conscious of the Court and the society and in case there is material to arouse suspicion in the mind of the Court, but in such like matters where the flavour of the dispute is essentially civil, the Courts under Section 482 should not come to the rescue of the complainant who wants the agency of police to be used as a means of pressure tactics. No ground to interfere. Dismissed. 9.8.2011 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss