Crl. W. P. No. 1160 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. W. P. No. 1160 of 2009 Date of Decision : November 28, 2009 Jaswinder Singh .... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : None for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Unsigned application purporting to have been sent by one Jaswinder Singh to Hon'ble the Chief Justice of this Court has been registered as instant Criminal Writ Petition. It has inter alia been alleged in the application that the applicant and other persons were taking lunch in a restaurant on the outskirts of Sangrur on 02.10.2009. Some other persons in the restaurant were also taking meals and some of them were consuming beer. Police officials came and abused the persons present there, objecting to consumption of alcohol (perhaps being a dry-day). Petitioner's brother Amardeep Singh and one Mandeep Singh entered into argument with the police, when the police asked that all the persons present there be taken to Police Station. One Sub Inspector of police slapped them. Other police officials also started beating them. Both of them were forcibly thrown in Crl. W. P. No. 1160 of 2009 2 the canter along with 10-12 other persons and were taken to Police Station Sangrur. In the evening, it was told that Amardeep Singh is required by the police of Police Station Salem Tabri, District Ludhiana. Bribe of Rs.3,00,000/- was also demanded. Even Mandeep Singh was not released. The petitioner and his companions again went to the Police Station after arranging Rs.20,000/-, but the police officials insisted on payment of Rs.3,00,000/- and threatened to implicate Amardeep Singh and Mandeep Singh in criminal cases. On 03.10.2009, they were taken to Ladda Kothi and were severely beaten. Notice issued to the petitioner directing him to file affidavit in support of the averments made in the application has again not been received back served or otherwise. In reply filed by Deputy Superintendent of Police (North), Ludhiana, it has been stated that Amardeep Singh, Mandeep Singh and Jaswinder Singh are accused and Proclaimed Offenders in case FIR No.243 dated 12.12.2007, under Sections 364, 307, 201, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, registered at Police Station Salem Tabri, District Ludhiana. It has further been stated in the reply that Amardeep Singh was under arrest in another FIR No.6 dated 02.02.2009, under Sections 307, 452, 323, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Sherpur, District Sangrur and after obtaining production warrants from the court, Amardeep Singh was arrested in the aforesaid FIR No.243 dated 12.12.2007 on 29.10.2009 and was thereafter in judicial custody. Mandeep Singh was arrested in the said case on 09.10.2009 and he was also, later on, sent to judicial custody. In view of the aforesaid, no further action or direction is required in the instant writ petition, which is accordingly disposed of. November 28, 2009 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE