Crl. Writ Petition No.408 of 2011 - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 408 of 2011 Date of Decision: March 10, 2011 Ravi ..... Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab and others. .....Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JORA SINGH Present: Mr. H.S. Baath, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P.S. Sidhu, Addl. AG, 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 for the release of detenu as mentioned in Para No.3 of the petition from the illegal custody of respondents No.4 and 5. Learned State counsel has filed reply and the same is taken on record. Reply is to the effect that Brick Kilns with Marka “AK & AA” with owner of Kala Ranbir-respondent No.4 and Munshi Ramu- respondent No.5 were not traced. However, there was one brick kiln with marka “AAL” situated at Village Raqba near Mullapur, owner of that brick kiln was Aatish Kumar. It has further been stated in the reply that marka of brick kiln “AAL” situated at village Raqba was “AK” 3 years before. It has also been stated in the reply that neither any bonded labour was found working at brick kiln marka “AAL” situated at Village Raqba and nor any labour Crl. Writ Petition No.408 of 2011 - 2 - mentioned in para 3 of the petition was found on the brick kiln situated in that area. It has also been stated by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petition has become infructuous as all the alleged detenues have since been released. In view of the abovesaid reply and statement made by learned counsel for the petitioner, no further action is required to be taken. Hence, the present petition is dismissed as having been rendered infructuous. March 10, 2011 (JORA SINGH) sham JUDGE