Criminal Writ Petition No. 475 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Writ Petition No. 475 of 2010 Date of Decision: 22.3.2010 Gurdeep Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Raj Kumar Garg, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Bhullar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 3. Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate for respondents No.4 and 5. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present writ petition was filed with a prayer that the persons named in para No.3 have been detained at the brick kiln run and operated by respondents No.4 and 5. The Tehsildar-cum-Executive Magistrate, Patti, had submitted a report that the alleged detenues have left the brick kiln and they have been set at liberty. In view of the aforesaid report, nothing survives in the present writ petition for issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus. Learned counsel for respondent Nos.4 and 5 states that the police had forcibly released the detenues, who were also beaten and Criminal Writ Petition No. 475 of 2010 2 kept in illegal detention. The respondents have a remedy for redressal of their grievance, which, in the present writ petition, cannot be adjudicated upon. Hence, the present writ petition is dismissed as having become rendered infructuous. However, equal opportunity is granted to the petitioner to proceed, in accordance with law, for claiming compensation, if any, for wrongful confinement of the detenues. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge March 22, 2010 “DK”