Crl. Writ Petition No. 89 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Writ Petition No. 89 of 2009 Date of decision : 10.08.2009 Sameen ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Dhir, AAG Haryana. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Learned counsel for the State submits that pursuant to order dated 29.05.2009, Deputy Commissioner, Panipat had directed the Sub- Divisional Magistrate, Samalkha to conduct an enquiry. The said officer conducted a detailed enquiry, copy whereof is Annexure R-I. According to the counsel, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate came to the following conclusion :- “ As per the statements of the persons present on the Shiv Bhatta company, on hearing them personally and after inspection on the spot, I reached on this conclusion that the labourers mentioned in the complaint had left the Brick kiln on 18.1.2009 in the day light after getting their wages. As per the statements of the fileds neighbourers, the owner of Shiv Brick Kiln never taken forcibly work from any labourer nor any labourer has been kept as bounded labour on Shiv Bhatta company. Today also, the labourers present, are Crl. Writ Petition No. 89 of 2009 2 working as per their will. As per above it is not a case of bounded labour. Report is submitted for your further necessary action. Encl: Pages 1 to 11. Sd/- Sub Divisional Magistrate (C) Samalkha 29.7.2009” Learned counsel states that in view of the enquiry conducted by the office of Deputy Commissioner, there is no possibility of any detenue being in illegal custody. He, therefore, submits that in view of the satisfaction arrived at by the Deputy Commissioner, the petition may be dismissed. In view of the detailed enquiry conducted by the office of Deputy Commissioner, no further orders are called for. Dismissed. 10.08.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE