Criminal Writ Petition No. 683 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Writ Petition No. 683 of 2009 Date of Decision: 17.1.2011 Balbir Singh Saini …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. R.S. Bains, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sandeep S. Mann, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, for the respondents. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying that whereabouts of unlawfully detained persons be furnished by the State. In response thereto, an affidavit has been filed by Vikas Arora, Superintendent of Police, Yamuna Nagar, wherein the details of 17 persons, who were arrested pertaining to various FIRs registered in the State of Haryana, have been given. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that since the alleged detenues were lawfully arrested and were produced before the Illaqa Magistrate and their judicial remand was granted, the petitioner may not be able to pursue the present writ petition. However, leaned Criminal Writ Petition No. 683 of 2009 2 counsel for the petitioner submits that the police, while arresting the alleged detenues, has shown their arrest at a later date and for a few days, they were kept in unlawful custody. He further submits that trial of the cases, wherein the alleged detenues are in custody, is pending before the Court of law. He further submits that it will be a serious issue before the trial Court as to what was the date of arrest of the alleged detenues. He further submits that the petitioner be permitted to withdraw the present writ petition with the liberty to seriously contest the date of arrest, before the trial Court. As prayed, the present writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the liberty aforesaid. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge January 17, 2011 “DK”