Crl. Writ Petition No. 722 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Writ Petition No. 722 of 2011 Date of Decision : April 08, 2011 Javed sonof Mahabub Ali .... PETITIONER Vs. State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. G.P.Vashisht, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Raja Sharma, AAG, Haryana. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) This writ petition was filed alleging therein that persons mentioned in para 3 of the petition were in illegal custody of respondent No. 5 and, therefore, they be released. Vide order dated 22.03.2011, the District Magistrate, Rohtak was directed to visit the premises himself or depute the concerned SDM or Tehsildar to visit the brick kiln in question and submit report. It was further directed that in case the detenues mentioned in para 3 of the petition are found in illegal custody of respondent No. 5 then they be released. Crl. Writ Petition No. 722 of 2011 2 In compliance with the order passed by this Court, status report has been submitted by Sh. Vikas Gupta, IAS, District Magistrate, Rohtak-respondent No. 2. According to the said report, a surprise inspection of ABC Brick Kiln, Nigana was conducted by the committee constituted on 06.04.2011. During the course of inspection, the petitioner and one Sh. Rahish son of Sh. Khurshid mentioned at Sr. No. 25 of para 3 of the writ petition were not found at the brick kiln. Rest of other persons mentioned in para 3 of the writ petition were found present. These persons were not found to be bonded in any manner. However, they expressed their willingness to go to their homes as they did not want to work any further at the brick kiln. They were sent under police escort to Railway Station, Kalanaur in two vehicles bearing No. HR46B-0968 and RJ 31-0782 along with their children, belongings and other articles and animals. In view of the report submitted by the District Magistrate, Rohtak, counsel for the petitioner states that the present writ petition has been rendered infructuous. Ordered accordingly. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) April 08, 2011 JUDGE pj