SURJIT SINGH vs DEPARTMENT OF HOME AND JUSTICE AND ORS

2026:PHHC:069804 CRM-M-19636-2023 ee IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 234 CRM-M-19636-2023 Date of decision : 05.05.2026 SURJIT SINGH ... PETITIONER Versus DEPARTMENT OF HOME AND JUSTICE AND ORS ... RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- None for the petitioner. Mr. Surinderjit Singh Nahar, AAG Punjab. Mr. Amit Dhawan, Advocate for respondent No.5. oe KK H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. This petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for handing over and conducting fair and proper investigation in case FIR No.0251 dated 12.10.2022 (Annexure P-1) registered at Police Station Division No.8, Jalandhar under Sections 406, 420, 465, 467, 468 & 471 IPC to some higher officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police. 2. On the last date of hearing, no one had appeared on behalf of the petitioner. 3. Even today, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. 4. Learned State counsel, upon instructions, submits that the petitioner is the complainant in the aforesaid FRI and the challan has already been presented before the trial Court. It is also submitted that now the case is fixed for recording of the statements of the prosecution wi