IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No. 979 of 1992. Date of decision: January 16, 2009 Jindal Strips Limited and others. …..PETITIONERS Versus S.C.Sinha, Dy. Inspector General of Police, Hisar Range, Hisar Haryana and others. …..RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON’BLE MR JUSTICE T.P.S.MANN PRESENT: None for the petitioners. Mr Kartar Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. T.P.S.MANN, J. (Oral): Prayer had been made by the petitioners for holding the respondents guilty of contempt for willful violation of stay order dated 31.8.1992. Vide aforementioned order passed by a Division Bench of this Court, the respondents were restrained from detaining or obstructing the trucks of the petitioners, coming to or going from their premises, except in accordance with law. The case of the petitioners is that inspite of the aforementioned order, truck bearing registration No.HYT-5265 was illegally and unlawfully detained by the respondents and thus, violated the order dated 31.8.1992 passed by this Court. In his reply, respondent No.1 has submitted that the truck in question was challaned and impounded on 18.9.1992 by respondent No.5, vide challan chit Annexure P-9, when the driver of the said vehicle was found plying the same without any valid documents. The vehicle in question was, thereafter, parked in the premises of Police Station, Tosham on 18.9.1992 by the officials of the Transport Department and entry No.33 was duly made in the Daily Diary Register kept in Police Station, Tosham. The said vehicle was released to Umed Singh-petitioner on 21.9.1992 by MHC of Police Station, Tosham as the release orders in respect of the said vehicle were passed by Regional Transport Authority, Hisar on 21.9.1992, which orders were produced in Police Station, Tosham, after the owner/driver of the said vehicle compounded the offence with the Regional Transport Authority, Hisar after depositing the compounding fee of Rs.1,500/-. COCP No. 979 of 1992 -2- In view of the above, it could not be said that the truck bearing registration No.HYT-5265 was detained by the respondents without following the procedure prescribed by law. Resultantly, the petition is dismissed. The rule is discharged. January 16, 2009 (T.P.S.MANN) Pds. JUDGE