IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 1325 of 2011 Date of decision : 29.08.2011 Balinder ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. H.S. Baath, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rajesh Bhardwaj, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Y.S. Dhillion, Advocate for respondents No. 4 & 5. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) In this petition filed under section 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of habeas corpus to recover his wife from illegal custody of respondents No. 4 to 6. Learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI Narinder Singh, who is present in court, submits that statement of Neera @ Baby, the alleged detenue has been recorded by the police. She has stated that she is living with respondent No. 6 of her own free will. According to him, prayer made in this petition has, thus, been rendered infructuous as wife of the petitioner is not in illegal detention. There is no evidence on record to show that wife of the petitioner is in illegal detention. In view of statement made by learned State counsel, no further orders are required to be passed in this case. Disposed of. The petitioner shall, however, be at liberty to avail of any other remedy available to him under the law. August 29, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE