Crl. W. P. No. 22 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. W. P. No. 22 of 2010 Date of decision:- 17.2.2010 Babu Ram ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana & Ors. ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present:- None for the petitioners. Mr. Paramjit Batta, Addl. A.G., Haryana. Gurdev Singh, J (oral) This writ petition in the nature of Habeas Corpus was filed by Babu Ram-petitioner for the search of the detenues mentioned in para No. 3 thereof in the premises of brick-kiln of the private respondents or at any other place to be pointed out by him and to get them released from illegal custody. The District Magistrate, Hisar, was directed to enquire into the allegations and to submit his report. The report of the District Magistrate has been received. The relevant paras thereof are re-produced as under:- “4. That in compliance with the orders passed by the Hon'ble High Court, the undersigned constituted a Committee comprising of the following officers to visit Bawa Naga Brick Kiln, Village Bhaduar, PS, Barwala, District Hisar and get released the bounded labour, if found:- i) Sub Divisional Magistrate, Hisar. ii)District Food & Supplies Controller, Hisar. iii)District Welfare Officer, Hisar. iv)Dy. Superintendent of Police, Hisar. Crl. W. P. No. 22 of 2010 -2- v) Labour-cum-Concilation Officer, Hisar. 5. That as per the report (the copy of the report is enclosed as R-A), the Committee carried out raid on the above said brick kiln on dated 15-01-2010 and found 33 members of family of complainant on said Brick Kiln. On enquiry, labourers stated that there was some dispute with brick kiln owner regarding settlement of accounts, which has now been resolved. They also stated that brick kiln owner had never made them bounded. Now they do not want to work any more on this brick kiln and desire to go to their native place at their own will. All the workers along with their luggage and family left the brick kiln in the presence of the Committee in tractor trolley provided by the owner of the Brick Kiln. Statement of workers was also recorded. The petitioner had already left the brick kiln on 27-10- 2009.” It is very much clear from the report of the District Magistrate that the alleged detenues were not being kept as bounded labour and that they have already left the brick-kiln/premises of the private respondents and have gone to the place of their choice. The writ petition has become infructuous and is, therefore, dismissed as such. February 17, 2010 (Gurdev Singh) tripti Judge