Criminal Writ Petition No. 198 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Writ Petition No. 198 of 2011 Date of Decision: 2.2.2011 Harmeet Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. B.S. Kathuria, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Bhullar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent No.1. None for respondent No.2. 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 detenues, namely Baljit Singh, Puneet Malhotra and Nitin Kumar, from the illegal custody of respondent No.2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that since all the alleged detenues are no longer in an unlawful custody, the present writ petition has been rendered infructuous. However, he submitted that before arrival of the Warrant Officer, the above said detenues have been released, therefore, the petitioner may be permitted to take recourse to his lawful remedy. Criminal Writ Petition No. 198 of 2011 2 Hence, the present writ petition is dismissed as infructuous with the liberty aforesaid. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge February 2, 2011 “DK”