IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.W.P.No.707 of 2009 Date of Decision:- 01.07.2009 Surjeet Singh ....Petitioner(s) vs. State of Haryana and others ....Respondent(s) *** CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH *** Present:- Mr.Pravindra Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Gaurav Dheer, AAG, Haryana, for respondents No.1 to 5. Mr.Rahul Deswal, Advocate, for respondents No.6 to 9. *** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (Oral) In the present petition moved by Surjit Singh-petitioner, it has been alleged that his legally wedded wife Seema, has been taken away by force by respondents No.6 to 9 i.e. Ram Ditta, Mrs.Daya, Sameer Dhiman @ Happy and Duni Chand respectively and is in their illegal custody since then. On 11.6.2009, notice of motion was issued in the present case. Accordingly, respondents No.6 to 9 are present in Court and so is Seema. An opportunity was granted to Surjit Singh petitioner and Seema-his wife to interact in my chamber. After the said interaction, the case was taken up for hearing. Seema who is present in Court states that she has gone to her Crl.W.P.No.707 of 2009 -2- parents' house out of her free will and wants to continue living with her parents and does not want to go with the petitioner-Surjit Singh. In view of the categoric statement given by Seema, the alleged detenue in this Court and the Court having personally satisfied itself with regard to the statement being made by her without any influence, the contention as raised by the petitioner in the writ petition, therefore, cannot be accepted. In view of the statement of Seema, the present criminal writ petition cannot be proceeded with any further. Accordingly, the same stands dismissed. July 01, 2009 ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) poonam JUDGE