IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No.1859 of 2011 Date of Decision : September 27, 2011 Sunil Kumar ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others …. Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present : None for the petitioner. Mr. P.S. Paul, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. T.P.S. Mann, J. (Oral) According to the petitioner, his relative Robin was picked up on 21.9.2011 at about 5.30 A.M. by the police officials, who were in mufti, after entering his house. Neither there was any case registered against him nor he had been produced before the Ilaqa Magistrate. Instead, he was illegally kept confined in CIA Staff, Kharar. While issuing notice to respondents No. 3 and 4, the Court directed the Registry to appoint a Warrant Officer. Post appointment, the Warrant Officer, alongwith the petitioner, left for Police Station Nayagaon, District S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali. When he reached near the P.G.I., the petitioner told the Warrant Officer that he had received a call on his mobile from Robin that he had reached back his house. Thereafter, the Warrant Officer and the petitioner, Criminal Writ Petition No.1859 of 2011 -2- reached H.No.2021, Safaida Colony, Nayagaon, S.A.S. Nagar where Robin was found present. The Warrant Officer enquired from Robin as to why he was taken away by the police, to which he replied that he was summoned in the morning by the police in connection with the investigation in a case of murder of Chotte Lal of Safaida Colony, Nayagaon. He was thoroughly investigated by the CIA Staff, Kharar as well as by the police of Police Station, Nayagaon. However, neither he was given any beatings nor maltreated by the police officials. The petitioner and the alleged detenu, accordingly, requested the Warrant Officer not to proceed further in the matter. The aforementioned facts concerning conducting of raid have been mentioned by the Warrant Officer in his report dated 26.9.2011, which has been taken on record. In view of the above, the petition has been rendered infructuous and is, accordingly, disposed of. ( T.P.S. MANN ) September 27, 2011 JUDGE satish