IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 5127-M of 2000 Date of decision: 1st July, 2008 Swaran Singh … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: None for petitioner. Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General Punjab for the State. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) In the present case, prayer was made for directing respondents No. 1 to 8 (which included Director General of Police, Punjab; Senior Superintendent of Police, District Jalandhar and SHO PS Division No.8, Jalandhar) to register an FIR against respondent No. 9 and 10 and thereafter entrust the investigation to the CBI. Present petition was filed on 1st February, 2000. A period of eight years is going to elapse. Prayer made in the present petition had not been renewed. It has been recently held by Hon'ble Apex Court in Skiri Vasu v. State of U.P. 2008 (1) RCR (Criminal) 392, that this Court cannot issue any direction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. as prayed by the petitioner. However, petitioner, if so desire, may take recourse to the alternative remedy available to him under the law. With these observations, present petition is disposed off with liberty as aforesaid, granted. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE July 1, 2008 rps