Criminal Writ Petition No. 2594 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Writ Petition No. 2594 of 2011 Date of Decision: 13.12.2011 Vishavnath Bharti ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: By Post. Mr. J.S. Sandhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondent. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) A copy of complaint, addressed by the petitioner to the Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana, was received by the Registry of this Court and the same has been treated as a Criminal Writ Petition. A grievance has been made therein that Manoj, son of the petitioner, aged about 17 years, has been kidnapped/abducted by Punita, Sunita and Naga. In response thereto, learned counsel for the respondent has filed reply by way of affidavit of Jaswinder Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sahnewal, Ludhiana. The same is taken on record. It is stated therein that Manoj Kumar, son of the petitioner, was aged about 18 years. He had a love affair with Punita, who was a Criminal Writ Petition No. 2594 of 2011 2 married woman and on 15.11.2011, he had eloped with her. Learned counsel for the State, on instructions from Balbir Singh, Assistant Sub Inspector, Police Station Sahnewal, has submitted that during preliminary inquiry, it has surfaced that son of the petitioner along with Punita is residing at District Basti, Uttar Pradesh, according to his own free will and accord. The statement of petitioner is also annexed along with the reply, wherein it is stated that he had received a call on his mobile phone and is satisfied that his son is residing with Punita according to his own volition. In view of the reply filed and the statement made by learned counsel for the State, no further directions are called for in the present writ petition and the same is disposed of. However, a copy of this order be sent to the petitioner, so that he may approach this Court in case any of his grievances subsists. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge December 13, 2011 “DK”