Criminal Writ Petition No. 1577 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Writ Petition No. 1577 of 2011 Date of Decision: 28.11.2011 Parkash Narain Tiwari ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and Others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Ram Bilas Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anupam Sharma, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, for respondents No1. To 3. None for respondents No.4 and 5. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus praying that respondents No.1 to 3 be directed to produce Puja, daughter of the petitioner, who is stated to be in their illegal custody. Ramesh Pal, Assistant Commissioner of Police, NIT Faridabad, has filed reply on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3. The preliminary objections No.1 and 2, made therein, read as under:- “1. That Puja daughter of the petitioner is major as per the statement of her father in the complaint and she had herself eloped with Rahul. No cognizable offence is Criminal Writ Petition No. 1577 of 2011 2 made out and therefore, no case was registered. 2. That, however, on the application of the petitioner under Section 97 Cr.P.C., Sub Divisional Magistrate, Faridabad, had issued a search warrant of Puja on 19.07.2011. In compliance of the said order, the house of Mosa (uncle) of Rahul at U.P. was searched but Puja was not found there. His Mosa told that Puja and Rahul had visited his house but they had left the house and he does not know as to where they had gone. Thus, it is clear that Puja had gone with Rahul of her own accord and she has not been detained anywhere. The present petitioner (sic) deserves to be dismissed on this ground.” Learned counsel for the State has submitted that Puja, at present, is residing with her husband-respondent No.4 in Uttar Pradesh. In view of the stand taken by the State, no further directions are called for and the present writ petition is disposed of. Petitioner, if so advised, may approach the Court of competent territorial jurisdiction for redressal of his grievance. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge November 28, 2011 “DK”