Criminal Writ Petition No. 2364 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Writ Petition No. 2364 of 2010 Date of Decision: 28.1.2011 Sukhpreet Kaur …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Ms. Anju Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus for release of Ranbir Singh alias Rana, who was allegedly detained at Police Station Ahmedgarh, District Sangrur. In pursuance of the prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner, a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, vide order dated 6.12.2010, has appointed the Warrant Officer. The Warrant Officer has submitted his report dated 10.12.2010, wherein it is stated that the detenue was found in the Police Station. However, the police authorities have stated that the detenue was called, in the Police Station, for questioning in connection with case Criminal Writ Petition No. 2364 of 2010 2 FIR No. 20 dated 1.7.2010, registered at Police Station Sandaur, District Sangrur, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC and thereafter he was released being not required. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that liberty be granted to the petitioner or to the detenue to take their recourse to the lawful remedy, available to them, for redressal of their grievance, as the detenue was unlawfully detained by the police, prior to his release. Since the detenue has been released, no further directions are called for and the present writ petition is disposed of with the liberty aforesaid. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge January 28, 2011 “DK”