IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No.179 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision 16.02.2009 Beera ......Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab and others ......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Mahabir Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Shailesh Gupta, D.A.G., Punjab, for the respondent-State. Mr.Raman Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.4. ***** RAJAN GUPTA, J(ORAL): This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus and a Warrant Officer be appointed to locate the detenues mentioned in Para No.2 of the petition. Pursuant to order dated 06.02.2009, a report of the Warrant Officer has been received, according to which all the alleged detenues have been released from the custody. The relevant portion of the report reads thus:- “On inquiry, the alleged detenues, who appears to be major, stated that they did not want to stay there any more. Accordingly, they were allowed to load their belongings/household articles on a truck (No.PB-65-G-8269) and were allowed to leave the said place.” In this view of the matter, the present petition is rendered infructuous and is dismissed as such. February 16, 2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) mamta-II JUDGE