RANJIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 482 CrPC for issuance of direction to the Superintendent of Police, District Mohali to follow the procedure of Section 157(2)(1) CrPC.

(2.) Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that in view of law laid down by Hon'ble the Apex Court in the case of Lalita Kumari v. State of UP, 2013 4 RCR(Cri) 979, the police is duty bound to act on his complaint and inform him about the status of his complaint. Moreover, the provisions of Section 157(2) CrPC are also required to be followed by the police.

(3.) Hon'ble the Supreme Court in the case of Sakiri Vasu v. State of UP and others, 2008 1 RCR(Cri) 392 has held that the petitioner cannot straightway invoke the jurisdiction of this Court under the garb of Section 482 CrPC, especially when alternative remedy is available to him. The relevant observations made by Hon'ble the Apex Court in the case of Sakiri Vasu read as under:-