IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 1254 of 2009 Date of decision : November 28, 2009 Narinder Kaur ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Petitioner in person along with Amar Singh (brother of petitioner's husband) Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Application sent by Narinder Kaur to Hon'ble the Chief Justice of this Court has been registered as the instant criminal writ petition. It has been alleged in the application that petitioner's husband Jaimal Singh went from his house on 17.5.2009 at 7/7.30 PM and had not returned since thereafter till 12.10.2009, the date of the application. Missing report No. 7 dated 20.5.2009 was registered in Police Station Mallanwala. After few days, Amar Singh brother of Jaimal Singh received telephonic call on mobile telephone from another mobile telephone from the petitioner's husband telling that he had been kidnapped and he along with another person had been confined in a room at un-known place. Police was also accordingly informed. After about 20 days, petitioner's brother-in-law Criminal Writ Petition No. 1254 of 2009 -2- received telephone from kidnappers demanding ransom money. Again ransom money was demanded by kidnapper Ranjit Singh in July, 2009. Various other averments have also been made. Reply on behalf of State filed today in Court by learned State counsel is taken on record. In reply, it has been stated that FIR No. 144 dated 28.10.2009, under sections 302, 201 IPC, Police Station Mallanwala has been registered regarding murder of Jaimal Singh and in that case Ranjit Singh has since been arrested on 9.11.2009 and mobile telephone of Jaimal Singh has since been recovered. Further investigation is going on in the case. The petitioner states that she apprehends danger to her life as well as to her children. State of Punjab may take appropriate action, in accordance with law regarding the said apprehension expressed by the petitioner. The State is also directed to take the investigation in the aforesaid case to logical end. With aforesaid direction, the instant writ petition is disposed of. ( L.N. Mittal ) November 28, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'