IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 676 of 2009 Date of decision : July 02, 2009 Kiran Gupta ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : None for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab for the respondent L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Telegram sent by Kiran Gupta addressed to Hon'ble the Chief Justice of this Court has been registered as the instant criminal writ petition. It is alleged in the telegram that Gurpreet Singh SHO, CIA Staff, Ludhiana along with other police officials took away the petitioner's husband Balraj Gupta on 24.5.2009 at about 4 PM and his whereabouts were not known till the telegram was sent on 27.5.2009 and he was in illegal detention and could be implicated in some criminal case. Reply on behalf of State of Punjab filed today in Court by learned State counsel is taken on record. Heard. Perusal of the reply reveals that Criminal Writ Petition No. 651 of 2009 filed by the petitioner on similar allegations was withdrawn on 3.6.2009. In addition to it, it is stated in the reply that the petitioner's Criminal Writ Petition No. 676 of 2009 -2- husband Balraj Gupta was required in FIR No. 120 dated 24.5.2009 under sections 407, 411, 120-B IPC of Police Station Division No. 6, Ludhiana. The police raided the house of the petitioner on 24.5.2009 at about 4.00 PM to arrest the petitioner's husband but he could not be arrested. Raids conducted on 26.5.2009 and 27.5.2009 also proved futile. Ultimately, the petitioner's husband was arrested on 28.5.2009 and the petitioner was informed on the same day. Petitioner's husband was also produced before the Illaqua Magistrate on 29.5.2009. In view of the aforesaid, no order or direction is required in the instant petition. The same is disposed of accordingly. ( L.N. Mittal ) July 02, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'