Criminal Misc.-M No.32891 of 2011 (O&M) :{ 1 }: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: November 02, 2011 Sandeep Kumar Gulati ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers 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? Present: Ms.Anju Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. Through this petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioner has prayed for issuing direction to respondent Nos.1 to 5 for arresting respondent Nos.6 to 10 and further for conducting fair and impartial investigation in FIR No.52, dated 17.8.2011. This FIR is registered for offences under Sections 452, 324, 323, 148, 149 IPC. Plea is that the petitioner, who is the complainant in the FIR, is receiving continuous threat from respondent Nos.6 to 10 for withdrawing the case. During the course of arguments, however, the counsel for the petitioner only pleaded for issuing direction to investigate the FIR properly. Whether any person is to be arrested for the purpose of investigation and that too for offences under Sections 452, 324, 323 Criminal Misc.-M No.32891 of 2011 (O&M) :{ 2 }: IPC etc. is to be seen by the investigating agency. It is not appropriate for this Court to issue direction for arresting any person for the purpose of investigation. Manner and method of investigation has to be left to the investigating agency and, thus, the direction as sought, apparently is not appropriate. Once the FIR has been registered, the police is bound to investigate the same. If no investigation is being done or the investigation done is not proper, then the petitioner would have a remedy under Section 156 Cr.P.C. or Section 36 Cr.P.C. as observed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sakiri Vasu Versus State of U.P. And others, 2008(1) RCR (Criminal) 392. The Hon'ble Supreme Court has clearly observed in this case that the High Court should discourage the practice of filing writ petition or petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. simply because a person has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police or after being registered proper investigation has not been done by the police. For this grievance, the remedy lies under Section 36 and 154 (3) Cr.P.C. before the concerned police officer and if it is of no avail, then under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. before the Magistrate or by filing a criminal complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C. At this stage, counsel seeks permission to withdraw this petition. The prayer is declined. The petition is accordingly dismissed. November 02, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) khurmi JUDGE