Criminal Writ Petition No. 1410 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 1410 of 2011 Date of decision : July 28, 2011 Reeta Puri ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Telegram sent by Reeta Puri to Hon'ble the Chief Justice of this Court has been registered as instant criminal writ petition and listed on judicial side. It is alleged in the telegram that on 29.6.2011 at about 5.00 AM, petitioner's son Chetan Puri was taken in illegal custody by SI Kuldeep Singh and other police officials of Police Station Jagatpur, District Ludhiana. Reply on behalf of State of Punjab filed today in Court is taken on record subject to all just exceptions. Averments made in the telegram have been denied in the reply. It has been denied that petitioner's son Chetan Puri was taken into illegal Criminal Writ Petition No. 1410 of 2011 -2- custody by the police on 29.6.2011. It is alleged that on the other hand, FIR No. 122 dated 30.6.2011 under sections 341 and 382 read with section 34 IPC stands registered in Police Station Salem Tabri, Ludhiana against petitioner's son Chetan Puri and his co-accused Manjinder Singh for snatching two gold chains, gold rings and mobile telephone set from complainant Jatin Kumar and his wife. Petitioner's son has not yet been arrested in the said case and investigation is being conducted in the said case. It is also mentioned that the petitioner's aforesaid son is habitual offender and is involved in 12 other cases mentioned in the reply involving offences under sections 382 and 341 IPC. During the pendency of the petition, a letter sent by post by petitioner's son Chetan Puri to Hon'ble the Chief Justice of this Court has also been received. In the aforesaid letter, it is mentioned in the opening part that Chetan Puri was picked up on 30.6.2011 at 5.00 AM whereas according to the telegram he was picked up on 29.6.2011 at 5.00 AM. However, other contents of the letter depict that Chetan Puri was allegedly picked up on 29.6.2011 and was kept in legal custody by the police till 1.7.2011. It is alleged in the letter by Chetan Puri that during illegal detention he was tortured by the police. He has sought investigation in the case. I have carefully considered the matter. From the letter received from Chetan Puri alleged detenue, it is manifest that he is no longer in detention. Consequently, it would not be of any utility to proceed further with the instant habeas corpus petition. Accordingly, without going into Criminal Writ Petition No. 1410 of 2011 -3- allegations made in the telegram and the aforesaid letter and counter version contained in the reply, the instant writ petition is disposed of. The petitioner or the alleged detenue shall be at liberty to avail of any remedy in accordance with law for alleged illegal detention and torture. ( L.N. Mittal ) July 28, 2011 Judge 'dalbir'