{"id":64804,"date":"2011-11-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/asha-rani-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-23-november-2011"},"modified":"2018-12-20T21:24:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:54:30","slug":"asha-rani-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-23-november-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/asha-rani-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-23-november-2011","title":{"rendered":"Asha Rani vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 23 November, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Asha Rani vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 23 November, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                    CHANDIGARH\n\n\n                         Criminal Misc.-M No.23671 of 2011 (O&amp;M)\n                         Date of Decision: November 23, 2011\n\nAsha Rani\n                                                         ...Petitioner\n\n                                 Versus\n\nState of Punjab &amp; others\n                                                         ...Respondents\n\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH\n\n1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?\n2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?\n3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?\n\n\nPresent:    Mr.Liaqat Ali, Advocate,\n            for the petitioner.\n\n                         *****\n\nRANJIT SINGH, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            If any citizen has a grievance of being harassed,<br \/>\nappropriate remedy is to approach the police. Section 482 Cr.P.C. is<br \/>\nnot an appropriate remedy in such cases.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Dismissed.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\nNovember 23, 2011                                 ( RANJIT SINGH )\nramesh                                                 JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Asha Rani vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 23 November, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No.23671 of 2011 (O&amp;M) Date of Decision: November 23, 2011 Asha Rani &#8230;Petitioner Versus State of Punjab &amp; others &#8230;Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. 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