JUDGMENT

1. Case has been taken up on Video Conferencing in view of COVID-19 Pandemic.

CM-51. 53 & 54-CWP-PIL-2021

2. On the last date of hearing, this court was pleased to pass the following order in CM-51, 53 & 54-CWPIL-2021 :-

"Case has been heard through Video Conferencing on account of COVID-19 Pandemic.

Applicant seeks impleadment on the ground that complete list of cases pending against sitting MLA from Atam Nagar Assembly constituency, namely, Simarjeet Singh Bains has not been furnished by the State. This apart, he submits that investigation has hardly made any progress in any of the cases pending against him. Applicant claims to be a victim of rape at the hands of the accused. His grievance is that the police has not proceeded further with the investigation. According to him, FIR was registered after application under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure was filed before the concerned Magistrate at Ludhiana and the order passed therein. However, the said order was challenged before this Court but petitioner remained unsuccessful. As per learned counsel, yet the police is sitting tight over the matter and not conducting any investigation because of influence of the