IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No.1532 of 2010 Date of Decision : August 17, 2011 Inderjit Kaur ….Petitioner Versus State of Haryana …. Respondent CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present: Mr.Sunil Katyal, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Hry. T.P.S. Mann, J. (Oral) According to the petitioner, her widowed daughter Amarjit Kaur went missing on 4.8.2010 when she left Nissing to meet her daughter Varsha at Kurukshetra. Ever since then, her whereabouts were not known. According to the State, FIR No.322 dated 14.9.2010 under Section 364 IPC was registered at Police Station, Nissing, District Karnal in respect of the disappearance of the widowed daughter of the petitioner. On the last date of hearing, status report dated 13.7.2011 prepared by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kurukshetra was filed which was taken on record. Alongwith the Criminal Writ Petition No.1532 of 2010 -2- status report, the Forensic Science Laboratory report (Annexure R-1) and call details (Annexure R-2) were appended. It was also mentioned in the status report that Sahab Singh, Sher Singh, Devender Singh, Pritam Singh, Hardeep Singh and Nishan Singh, who were suspected to be privy to the crime, were subjected to polygraph tests. The analysis and evaluation of their polygrams did not reveal any deceptive responses. Rather, their responses appeared to be truthful. It was also stated in the status report that polygraph test of another suspect, namely, Punjab Singh could not be conducted and, that too, on two occasions as his respiration was not stable due to continuous swallowing by him. He was, thereafter, summoned by issuing a notice under Section 160 Cr.P.C., pursuant to which he appeared and joined the investigation. However, no incriminating evidence appeared against suspect Punjab Singh, despite his investigation at length. In view of the fact that the polygraph of Punjab Singh could not be conducted, the Court directed the State to, once again, subject Punjab Singh to polygraph test and submit report in that regard before the Court. Pursuant to the same, learned State counsel has produced the report dated 29.7.2011 issued by Assistant Director (Lie Detection), Forensic Science Laboratory, Madhuban, Haryana, as per which, Punjab Singh was subjected to polygraph test on 29.7.2011 but no meaningful polygrams Criminal Writ Petition No.1532 of 2010 -3- could be obtained due to continuous swallowing by him. Hence, no opinion had been given in respect of Punjab Singh. In view of the fact that all the suspects have been subjected to polygraph tests and no material had surfaced against anyone of them and, also, that no incriminating evidence against suspect Punjab Singh had been collected by the Investigation Officer, as mentioned in the status report dated 13.7.2011 prepared by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kurukshetra, the Court finds that no more steps are required to be taken in the present petition and the same is, accordingly, disposed of. ( T.P.S. MANN ) August 17, 2011 JUDGE satish