Criminal Writ Petition No. 565 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 565 of 2009 Date of decision: November 05, 2009 Reshma Kaur -Petitioner Versus State of Punjab -Respondent Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Veneet Sharma, Advocate, Amicus Curiae for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) The present petition has been entertained on the basis of a letter received from Reshma Kaur wife of Gurdeep Singh, wherein she had alleged that her daughter Seema Rani was missing since 28-9-2008 and the police had made no efforts to recover her. Mr. Veneet Sharma, who was appointed as Amicus Curiae in this case has submitted that detenue Seema Rani has been recovered. According to him, he has talked to her and she has expressed her desire to live with her mother. Learned State counsel (on the instructions from ASI Jagdish Lal, who is present in Court) has also made a statement in similar terms. According to him, an FIR was already registered in this case at police station Mamdot, District Ferozepur. Mr. Gupta further submits that since the girl has been recovered and Satnam Singh, with whom she was found has been arrested, as such the instant petition has been rendered infructuous. Criminal Writ Petition No. 565 of 2009 2 In view of the statements made by the Amicus Curie and State counsel, the present petition is dismissed as having been rendered infructuous. It is, however, made clear that the State would be at liberty to hand over the detenue Seema Rani to her mother. [Rajan Gupta] Judge November 05, 2009. 'ask'