In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Writ Petition No.1017 of 2008 ..... Date of decision:14.1.2009 Manjit Kaur .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... By post Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. P.S. Sidhu, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. ..... S.S. Saron, J. An application dated 18.10.2008 received from Manjit Kaur (petitioner) by post has been treated as criminal writ petition. It is alleged in the application that the son of the petitioner Manjit Kaur, namely, Sukha was working at Shiv Shanker Electronics, Pandori Waraich. On 18.10.2008, at about 11.00 O'clock the son of the petitioner was picked up by the CIA staff of Police Station Majitha. The petitioner apprehends that the concerned police station may register some false case against her son. The son of the petitioner does labour work in the aforesaid firm which he was doing for the last two/three years. Reply by way of affidavit of Ranbir Singh, PPS, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Detective), Amritsar (Rural) has been filed. It is stated that a secret information was received by ASI Paramjit Singh of CIA Staff, Amritsar (Rural) that in the area of Pacca Road, Turning Point of Cr. Writ Petition No.1017 of 2008 [2] Village Bal Kalan, Didar Singh alias Banti alias Donar, Banti son of Prem Chand, Amit Kumar alias Sonu son of Sham Lal, Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha alias Debo son of Karnail Singh (detenu) and Arun Kumar, residents of Chheharta, who were indulging in activities of snatching, dacoity, robbery and other illegal activities, were present in the area of brick kiln of Village Bal Kalan in the jurisdiction of Police Station Majitha. All of them were planning to commit a heinous crime with their respective weapons and stolen vehicle. On the basis of the said secret information, case FIR No.173 dated 18.10.2008 was registered at Police Station Majitha for the offences under Sections 399, 402, 379 and 411 IPC. ASI Paramjit Singh of CIA Staff along with police party conducted raid at the brick kiln of Village Bal Kalan under the jurisdiction of Police Station Majitha on 18.10.2008 at 6.45 p.m. and Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha alias Debo son of the petitioner was apprehended along with Banti son of Prem Chand and Amit Kumar alias Sonu son of Sham Lal. Two other persons succeeded in running away but later they were identified as Didar Singh and Arun Kumar. They are, however, yet to be arrested. On the personal search of Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha alias Debo (detenu) one .315 bore country made pistol and one live cartridges of the same bore along with a stolen Hero Honda motorcycle No.PB-02-AH-2003 black colour, one Nokia Mobile and a cash of Rs.100/- was recovered from his possession. The son of the petitioner was taken in Police custody at the spot and information regarding his arrest was given to one Sonu son of Hira Singh, cousin brother of Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha alias Debo on his mobile on the same day i.e. 18.10.2008. It is also submitted that case FIR No.450 dated 1.11.2007 for the offences under Cr. Writ Petition No.1017 of 2008 [3] Sections 379 and 411 IPC is also registered at Police Station Sadar, Amritsar against Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha alias Debo son of the petitioner and the same is pending trial in the Court at Amritsar. It is submitted that Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha alias Debo son of the petitioner and his co- accused Banti and Amit Kumar were produced in the Court of Illaqa Magistrate on 19.10.2008 within 24 hours of their arrest and they were remanded to Police custody upto 21.10.2008. Thereafter, they were remanded to judicial custody. Learned counsel for the State, on instructions from Balbir Singh, SI, Police Station CIA Staff, Amritsar (rural) submits that the son of the petitioner (detenu) has now been granted bail. In view of the above, nothing survives in the present petition and the same is dismissed as having become infructuous. January 14, 2009. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*