122 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-36585-2025 Date of decision : 14.07.2025 Narender Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Parmod Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioner. RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. Present petition has been filed seeking direction to respondent No.1 to further direct respondents No.2 & 3 for taking action against respondents No.4 to 14 and for not discharging their duties as per procedure by not arresting the respondents/accused No.4 to 14 and rather helping them to save from clutches of law with regard to case FIR No.43 dated 22.02.2022 registered against them under Sections 148, 149, 295-A, 296, 323, 324 & 506 of IPC at Police Station Jathlana, District Yamuna Nagar. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction to protect the life and liberty of the petitioner and his family members at the hands of respondents/accused No.4 to 23 in connivance with respondents No.2 and 3 with a further prayer to direct respondent No.2 to file the status report and to hand over the investigation of above noted FIR to competent police officer of independent agency. 2. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the present case is of version and cross-version. He submits that the POOJA SHARMA 2025.07.14 17:28 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M-36585-2025 -2- FIR was registered on 22.02.2022 but there is no progress in the investigation. 3. Notice of motion. 4. On the asking of the Court, Mr. Sumit Jain, Addl. A.G., Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent-State. 5. Learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI Satnam Singh, has submitted that the investigation is already in progress. He submits that in the main case, challan has already been submitted qua 08 of the accused, however, in all there are 20 accused and the investigation is going on. He submits that the same would be completed expeditiously. 6. After hearing counsel for the parties and perusing the record, this Court finds that already 03 years have passed after registration of the FIR, so in view of the overall facts and circumstances of the case, the present petition is disposed of and respondent-State is directed to conclude the investigation within a period of 03 months from today in accordance with law. ( RAJESH BHARDWAJ ) 14.07.2025 JUDGE ps-I Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No POOJA SHARMA 2025.07.14 17:28 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document