IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Writ Petition No. 568 of 2009 Date of decision : 12.05.2009 Pawan Kumar ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and Others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vipul Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. Mr. Sarju Puri, Advocate for respondents No. 4 to 6. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioner has preferred this writ petition claiming that Asha Rani is his legally wedded wife and she is being detained by respondents No. 4 and 5against her wishes. Notice of motion was issued in this case on 08.05.2009. Pursuant to the same, Mr. Sarju Puri, Advocate has put in appearance on behalf of respondents No. 4 to 6. He has stated that alleged detenue namely Asha Rani is present in Court today and she does not want to accompany the petitioner. According to the counsel, Asha Rani is living with her parents of her own free will. The alleged detenue, Asha Rani was also given an opportunity to talk to learned State counsel. According to the learned State counsel she has clearly stated that she is under no pressure and is living with her parents of her own free will. Crl. Writ Petition No. 568 of 2009 -2- In the facts and circumstances of the case, since the alleged detenue, Asha Rani does not want to accompany the petitioner and is living with her parents of her own free will, this writ petition has been rendered infructuous and the same is dismissed as such. 12.05.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE