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On the basis of above statement of the complainant, an FIR was recorded against Sukhdev Singh and the other respondents. After investigation, final report was put in Court against Sukhdev Singh, Gurmit Kaur and Dr.Vinay Jindal. Case was committed to the competent Court for trial vide order dated 10.4.2007. On an application filed further inquiry was conducted by Mr.Harjit Singh through SP(D) Bathinda, whereupon a supplementary challan, prepared under Section 173(8), was filed in Court on 14.2.2007. Vide that report commission of offence under Section 25 of the PNDT Act was deleted. The supplementary report was committed to the competent Court vide order dated 10.4.2007. On 10.5.2007, both the cases were clubbed together and it was ordered that the evidence will be recorded in case State versus Gurmit Kaur etc. The respondents-accused were charge sheeted to which they pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. Vide order dated 20.10.2008 passed by this Court proceedings qua accused Jyoti Sharma were stayed and it was ordered that proceedings qua others accused would continue. It is also on record that on 17.8.2006 a separate complaint was filed by the competent officer for commission of offences under Sections 23 and 25 of the PNDT for violating the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6, 29 of PNDT Act and Rule 9 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Rules 1996. In the said complaint, similar allegations were reiterated as were stated by the applicant-complainant in the FIR in question. Vide order dated 25.10.2007, all the accused were summoned to face trial. On 8.4.2008 the said complaint was also committed to the competent Court for trial. On 5.6.2008, that complaint was also clubbed with the main case since allegations in both the cases were approximately the same.