IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No.1606 of 2011 Date of Decision : August 19, 2011 Paramjit Kaur ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others …. Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present : Mr. Davinderbir Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P.S. Paul, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent No.5. T.P.S. Mann, J. (Oral) According to the petitioner, his son, namely, Gurtej Singh @ Mappi was taken away by respondent No.5-HC Karnail Singh on 14.8.2011 at about 1.30 P.M. on the pretext of getting some information from him but he was not allowed to leave the Police Post, thereafter. The Warrant Officer has submitted his report wherein he has stated that when he reached Police Post, Centurian Enclave, Patiala on 16.8.2011 at 7.45 P.M., he found Gurtej Singh @ Mappi sitting near the lock-up of the said Police Post. In the meantime, HC Karnail Singh came present and informed the Warrant Officer that Gurtej Singh @ Mappi had been called there Criminal Writ Petition No.1606 of 2011 -2- for questioning in connection with complaint registered as DDR No.11 dated 12.8.2011. He was not required in any case uptil that point of time. Therefore, the police had no objection if Gurtej Singh @ Mappi was allowed to go. The Warrant Officer finally stated that Gurtej Singh @ Mappi was got released, who then left the Police Post alongwith the petitioner. In view of the above, it cannot be said that Gurtej Singh @ Mappi had been illegally detained by the police. Resultantly, there is no merit in the petition, which is, accordingly, dismissed. ( T.P.S. MANN ) August 19, 2011 JUDGE satish