Criminal Writ Petition No. 290 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 290 of 2011 Date of Decision: February 15, 2011 Tofeek ..... Petitioner. Versus State of Haryana and others. .....Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JORA SINGH Present: Mr. Randhir Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Manish Deswal, DAG, Punjab for respondent-State. Mr. Mahavir Sandhu, Advocate for respondents No.4 to 8. ***** JORA SINGH, J (ORAL) This 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 the detenues as mentioned in Para No.4 of the petition from the illegal custody of respondents No.4 to 8. Learned State counsel has filed reply alongwith joint statement of Hanif, Jainam, Gulistan, Sehjad, Ruksana w/o Sehjad (Annexure R-2), statement of Gulshana (Annexure R-3), joint statement of Salma w/o Abdul Rahim and Salma w/o Irfan (Annexure R-4), joint statement Doud, Ruksana w/o Doud, Meena, Mehraj, Rubi and Gulnaj (Annexure R-5), statements of Irfan & Tansif (Annexure R-6) and the same are taken on record. Reply is to the effect that none of the alleged detenues was found in illegal custody of respondents No.4 to 8. Criminal Writ Petition No. 290 of 2011 -2- It has also been stated by learned counsel for the petitioner that the present petition has become infructuous as all the alleged detenues have since been released. In view of the abovesaid reply coupled with statements and statement of learned counsel for the petitioner, no further action is required to be taken. Hence, the present petition has become infructuous and is dismissed accordingly. February 15, 2011 (JORA SINGH) sham JUDGE