Crl. Writ Petition No. 772 of 2011 - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 772 of 2011 Date of Decision: April 18, 2011 Jai Lal ..... Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab and others. .....Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JORA SINGH Present: Mr. B.K. Bagri, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rajpreet Singh Sidhu, AAG, Punjab for respondent-State. Mr. Sanjeev Pandit, Advocate for respondents No.5 and 6. ***** JORA SINGH, J (ORAL) The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus for the release of detenues as mentioned in Para No.3 of the petition from the illegal custody of respondents No.5 and 6. Mr. Sanjeev Pandit, Advocate, filed power of attorney on behalf of respondents No.5 and 6 and the same is taken on record. Learned State counsel has filed reply by way of affidavit of Dharam Dutt Ternach, District Magistrate, Hoshiarpur, Punjab and the same is taken on record. Copy of the same is supplied to learned counsel for the petitioner. Crl. Writ Petition No. 772 of 2011 - 2 - According to reply, none of the alleged detenues was found to be in illegal custody of respondent No.5 and 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that in view of reply the instant petition has become infructuous. In view of the abovesaid reply and statement made by learned counsel for the petitioner, no further action is required to be taken at this stage. Hence, the instant petition has become infructuous and is dismissed accordingly. April 18, 2011 (JORA SINGH) sham JUDGE