Ensure cancellation reports filed timely, DGP told

Saurabh Malik

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 18

Expressing “strong disapproval” over the non-filing of cancellation report despite the lapse of several years, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the state Director-General of Police to issue instructions to “all concerned” for appropriate time-bound action on decisions to submit untraced/cancellation reports before the court concerned.

The direction by Justice BS Walia came in a case where a cancellation report was not submitted more than eight years after the decision. Justice Walia directed the DGP to also take appropriate action in the matter to fix responsibility for non-filing of the cancellation report before the trial court, after observing that the decision was taken in the matter on October 3, 2012.

“Compliance report with regard to directions to the DGP, Punjab, be submitted to this court within six weeks from today,” Justice Walia said.

The matter was brought to the High Court’s notice by Gurwinder Singh and other petitioners. In their plea against the state of Punjab and another respondent, they were seeking the quashing of FIR dated June 29, 2012, registered for voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means under sections 323, 324, 148 and 149 IPC at the Maqsudan police station in Jalandhar, along with all consequential proceedings, on the basis of compromise.

The state counsel, on instructions from a police official, said a cancellation report was prepared by the SHO concerned on October 3, 2012, but was not submitted before the trial court to date. In case time was granted by this court, the same would be filed before the trial court within two weeks.

Justice Walia added the statement was to the satisfaction of the counsel for the petitioners, who stated that the petition in the circumstances might be disposed of as such. “In view of the position, the instant petition is disposed of by directing the Senior Superintendent of Police, Jalandhar (rural), to ensure the filing of the cancellation report before the trial court, in accordance with law, within two weeks from today,” Justice Walia added.

Before parting with the case, Justice Walia asserted the petitioners would be at liberty to move an application for enforcing compliance in case the needful was not done within the stipulated time period.

Join Whatsapp Channel of The Tribune for latest updates.