Crl. Misc. No. M – 11719 of 2009(O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. Misc. No. M – 11719 of 2009(O&M) Date of decision:- 27.4.2010 Rajinder Singh & Ors. ... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present:- Mr. Sanjiv Pandey, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Raghbir Chaudhary, Sr. DAG, Punjab Gurdev Singh, J (oral) Heard. This petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by the petitioners – Rajinder Singh, Gurnam Singh and Krishan Singh for quashing of FIR No. 216, dated 14.10.2008 registered under Sections 36 of Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act, 1995 at Police Station Sadar, Ludhiana and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. It has been pleaded by the petitioners in para No.1 of the petition itself that the challan has already been presented before the trial Court and the case is now fixed for framing of charge. The first question is to be decided in this petition is whether this Crl. Misc. No. M – 11719 of 2009(O&M) -2- petition is maintainable after the challan has already been presented before the trial Court or not. This question crop up before the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Manjula Sinha Vs. State of U.P, 2007(3) RCR (Criminal) 779 . In that case the petition was filed for quashing of the FIR after the charge- sheet had already been filed by the police and charge was framed. It was held therein that after the charge-sheet has been filed the question of quashing of FIR does not arise. Therefore, this petition is not maintainable and is dismissed. April 27, 2010 (Gurdev Singh) tripti Judge