IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 944 of 2011 Date of Decision: May 16, 2011 Bittu Singh ..... Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab and others. .....Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JORA SINGH Present: Mr. Surinder Gandhi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Raj Preet Singh Sidhu, AAG, Punjab for respondent-State. ***** JORA SINGH, J (ORAL) The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus with a roving writ for the release of detenues as mentioned in para No. 3 of the petition from the illegal custody of respondent No. 4. Learned State counsel has filed reply by way of affidavit of Pirthi Chand, District Magistrate, Gurdaspur and the same is taken on record. According to reply, none of the alleged detenues was found to be in illegal custody of respondent No. 4 as all the alleged detenues have left the brick kiln at their own accord in the month of April 2011. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that in view of the reply the present petition has become infructuous. In view of the abovesaid reply and statement made by learned counsel for the petitioner, no further action is required to be taken at this stage. Hence, the instant petition has become infructuous and is dismissed accordingly. May 16, 2011 (JORA SINGH) sham JUDGE