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2018 DIGILAW 1176 (HP)

Ganesh Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh

2018-06-28

AJAY MOHAN GOEL

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JUDGMENT : Ajay Mohan Goel, J. When the matter was taken up for consideration, learned counsel for the petitioner, in the course of his submissions, referred to the copy of the First Information Report, appended with the petition as Annexure P-1. A perusal of Annexure P-1 appended with the petition demonstrates that the contents thereof are not ligible, for the reason that the font which has been used while preparing the said FIR is extremely small. 2. This Court instructed learned Additional Advocate General to call for some responsible officer of the State Police, so that this fact could be directly apprised to the officer concerned, so as to ensure that in future, remedial measures in this regard can be taken. 3. Mr. Asif Jalal, DIG (Southern Range) is accordingly present in the Court. He has very fairly shared the concern of the Court. However, he has submitted that format of such documents per se stands prepared by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), therefore, it is at the level of the said Bureau that remedial measures have to be taken. He further submits that all that the State can do is to increase the present font from 8 to 10, though even as per the said officer, the desirable font is 12 and above. 4. Learned Assistant Solicitor General of India, who is present in the Court, is accordingly directed to forthwith take up the matter with the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) and ensure that necessary directions in this regard are issued as expeditiously as possible and not later than four weeks from today and the font size of the proforma is reasonably modified so that the same become legible to a naked eye. 5. Status report filed, which is perused and taken on record. 6. Heard for some time. At this stage, Mr. Krishan Singh Dadwal, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the present petition, with liberty to file a fresh petition on the same cause subsequently, if so advised. Permission granted. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty as prayed for.