Criminal Misc. No. M-22581 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-22581 of 2009 Date of decision : 16.11.2010 Satbir Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sanjay Vashisth, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Shalini Atri, DAG Haryana. Mr. Hemen Aggarwal, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of the FIR No. 497 dated 17.09.2005 registered against the petitioner under Sections 406/420 IPC at Police Station Civil Lines District Rohtak. At the outset learned State counsel has pointed out that FIR was registered way back in the year 2005 and trial of the case has made much headway by now. It is evident that in the instant case FIR was registered on 17.09.2005. The petitioner was thereafter declared a proclaimed offender on 28.02.2006. According to learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner was granted anticipatory bail on 20.11.2009. As the FIR pertains to year 2005 and present petition has been preferred before this court in the year 2009, there is considerable delay in invoking the inherent jurisdiction of this court. It is possible that trial of the case may have made much headway. In any case most of the contentions raised before this court are Criminal Misc. No. M-22581 of 2009 2 factual in nature which can be gone into by the trial court only after some evidence is led before it. Under the circumstances, this court is not inclined to quash the instant FIR in exercise of inherent jurisdiction. The petition is without any merit and is hereby dismissed. November 16, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE