IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc. No.9339 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 29.3.2010. Ashok Kumar ......Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MRS.JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY. PRESENT: Mr.Ghulam Nabi Malik, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** ORDER The present petition has been filed for issuance of a direction to the respondents not to harass the petitioner without giving any prior written notice as required under Section 160 Cr.P.C. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is being harassed by the local police on the basis of FIR No. 138 dated 3.9.2009 under Sections 420/406/120-B IPC against Ashok alias Lalit Singla alias Chaman Lal son of Gian Chand. The petitioner is not involved in any manner in that case and only on the basis of his name, he is being harassed by the police in-spite of stating by the petitioner that his name is Ashok Kumar son of late Shri Gurbax Rai and said Ashok whose name is mentioned in the FIR is son of Gian Chand. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the petitioner has nothing to do with M/s Hindustan Pesticides and M/s Surya Pesticides and Fertilizers. The petitioner has also made representation to SSP, Faridkot on 21.2.2010 which is annexed as Annexure P-2 with the Crl.Misc. No.9339 of 2010 [2] petition, but no action has been taken thereon. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he would be satisfied if directions are issued to respondent No.2 to take a decision on the representation filed by him within some specified period. Without commenting anything on the contents of the application and contentions raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the fact that there is no legal impediment in giving directions to respondent No.2 to decide the representation filed by the petitioner. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of with a direction to SSP, Faridkot to look into the matter and take appropriate action in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. (DAYA CHAUDHARY) JUDGE March 29, 2010. raghav