IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 619 of 2009 Date of decision : July 09, 2009 Piara Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Kunal Dawar, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab for respondent Nos. 1 to 3 Mr. Malkit Mohali, Advocate, for respondent no. 4 L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Piara Singh has filed this criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ of Habeas Corpus for recovery of his minor daughter Parminder Kaur aged 17 years from the custody of Lakhbir Kumar respondent No. 4. Pursuant to order of the preceding date, respondent No. 4 has come present in person along with petitioner's daughter Parminder Kaur. On request of petitioner, he was allowed to meet his daughter today in the Mediation Centre. After the aforesaid meeting, statement of Parminder Kaur has now been recorded. She has stated that her date of birth is 1.4.1991. She has voluntarily married with respondent No. 4 of her own free will and Criminal Writ Petition No. 619 of 2009 -2- wants to continue to reside with him. She has also stated that she does not want to go or live with the petitioner. In view of the aforesaid, learned counsel for the petitioner states that the instant petition has been rendered infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of as having been rendered infructuous. ( L.N. Mittal ) July 09, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'