{"id":65444,"date":"2011-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sonia-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-16-november-2011"},"modified":"2018-09-26T02:36:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T21:06:44","slug":"sonia-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-16-november-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sonia-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-16-november-2011","title":{"rendered":"Sonia vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 16 November, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sonia vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 16 November, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                    CHANDIGARH\n\n\n                         Criminal Misc.-M No.34506 of 2011 (O&amp;M)\n                         Date of Decision: November 16, 2011\n\nSonia\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.Vaibhav Sehgal, Advocate,\n            for the petitioner.\n\n                         *****\n\nRANJIT SINGH, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            The prayer is for conducting proper investigation for<br \/>\noffences under Sections 406 and 498-A IPC. The petitioner has an<br \/>\nalternative remedy as laid down in Sakiri Vasu Versus State of U.P.<br \/>\nand others, 2008(1) RCR (Criminal) 392. No case for issuing any<br \/>\ndirection, therefore, is made out. The petitioner, if so advised, may<br \/>\nhave her alternative remedy.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<pre>November 16, 2011                                 ( RANJIT SINGH )\nramesh                                                 JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Sonia vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 16 November, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No.34506 of 2011 (O&amp;M) Date of Decision: November 16, 2011 Sonia &#8230;Petitioner Versus State of Punjab &amp; others &#8230;Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. 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