In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc.-M No.2659 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:29.1.2009 Baljit Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab and others .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. Karambir Singh Kahlon, Advocate for the petitioners. ..... S.S. Saron, J. This petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for seeking directions for registration of a criminal case against respondents No.4 to 6 for the offences under Sections 379, 420, 447, 148 and 149 IPC and also for directing respondent No.2 to investigate the matter on the complaint made by Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Batala vide letter dated 7.7.2008 (Annexure-P.3). After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the record, it may be noticed that the primary direction that has been sought by the petitioner is for registration of FIR. In this regard, it may be noticed that the petitioner is liable to approach the SHO of the police station concerned for registration of a FIR in terms of Section 154 Cr.P.C. It is not shown by the petitioner whether any such application has been filed by the petitioner to the SHO concerned. Learned counsel has placed reliance on the application (Annexure-P.3) submitted by the Block Development and Panchayat Cr. Misc.-M No.2659 of 2009 [2] Officer, Batala. The said application is addressed to SHO, Police Station Batala. No action, it appears, is being taken on the said application. It is well known that in the event of inaction on the part of the Police to register a FIR, the modalities to be adopted are set out in Section 190 read with Section 200 Cr.P.C. as held in Aleque Padamsee and others v. Union of India and others, (2007) 6 SCC 171 (SC). Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed strong reliance on Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P. and others, 2008 (1) RCR (Cr.) 392 (SC). In the said case also, it has inter alia been observed that if a person has a grievance that the Police is not registering a FIR, then he can approach the Superintendent of Police under Section 154(3) Cr.P.C. by an application in writing. Besides, if that does not lead to any satisfactory result in the sense that either the FIR is not registered or even after registering it no proper investigation is held, it is open to the aggrieved person to file such application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. before the learned Magistrate concerned. If such application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. is filed before the Magistrate, the Magistrate can direct the FIR to be registered and can also direct proper investigation to be made in a case where, according to the aggrieved person, no proper investigation was made. The Magistrate can also monitor the investigation to ensure proper investigation. Therefore, the modalities as provided in terms of the same and in terms of the above provisions may, if so advised, be adopted. This Court in exercise of its inherent jurisdiction is normally not to issue a direction for registration of a FIR. In the facts and circumstances of the present case, no case is made out for issuance of directions for registration of FIR. Consequently, Cr. Misc.-M No.2659 of 2009 [3] there is no merit in this petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. January 29, 2009. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*