Kulbir Singh vs State Of Punjab And Ors on 8 July, 2022
3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner argued that the
petitioner had approached this Court vide CRM-M No.3476 of 2017 titled as
Kulbir Singh Vs. State of Punjab and others for issuance of direction to the
respondents therein to submit final report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. before the
court of competent jurisdiction. The respondents therein had appeared and
filed the status report admitting the innocence of the petitioner in the FIR in
question. The said petition was disposed of with a direction to complete the
investigation at the earliest and if the petitioner was not required then
appropriate action be taken in this regard at the earliest, preferably within a
period of two months. It was further argued that as per status report filed by
SSP, Ferozepur dated 23.05.2022, after completion of investigation qua Shiv
Kumar, Shamsher Singh, Amarjit Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Bhupinder Singh,
challan has been presented against them and petitioner has been declared
innocent. Therefore, since the petitioner has been declared innocent both in
the initial inquiry conducted by SHO, Police Station, Ferozepur Cantt as well
as in the final report submitted before the court of competent jurisdiction, the
petitioner is entitled to be appointed to the post of Constable.