In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Crl. Misc. No. M- 2582 of 2009 Date of Decision:April 29, 2009 Mukhtiar Singh and another ---Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ---Respondents Coram: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA *** Present: Mr. Sarju Puri,Advocate, for the petitioners Mr. Aman Deep Singh Rai, AAG,Punjab *** SABINA, J. Petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (herein after referred to as 'Cr.P.C.) for issuance of directions to the respondents to remove the names of the petitioners from the Surveillance Register No. 10 of the Police Station City Nawanshahr. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that cases under Section 13-A of the Gambling Act had been registered against the petitioners and in all the said cases the petitioners have been acquitted. In these circumstances,there is no justification for entering the names of petitioners in the Surveillance Register No. 10 of the Police Station City Crl. Misc. No. M- 2582of 2009 -2- Nawanshahr. Learned counsel has placed reliance on the decision of this Court in the case of Musa Khan vs. State of Punjab and others 2005 (1) RCR (Criminal) 961. The cases which were registered against the petitioner are as under:- 1. FIR No.254 dated 17.11.2000 under Section 13A of Public Gambling Act, Police Station City, Nawanshahr 2. FIR No.257 dated 29.12.2000 under Section 13A of Public Gambling Act, Police Station City, Nawanshahr 3. FIR No.56 of 1997 under Section 13-A of Public Gambling Act, Police Station City, Nawanshahr 4. FIR No.166 of 2001 under Section 13A of Public Gambling Act, Police Station City, Nawanshahr 5. FIR No.66 dated 11.05.2000 under Section 13A of Public Gambling Act, Police Station City, Nawanshahr Admittedly in all the cases, petitioners have been acquitted. Since the petitioners have been acquitted in all the cases registered against them, there is no justification for entering their names in the Surveillance Register No. 10 of the Police Station City Nawanshahr. Accordingly, this petition is allowed. Respondents are directed to remove4 the names of the petitioners from the Surveillance Register No. 10 of the Police Station City Nawanshahr. (SABINA) JUDGE April 29, 2009 PARAMJIT