IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 953 of 2009 Date of decision : September 17, 2009 Ajit Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. AS Manaise, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab for respondent nos. 1 to 3 Mr. MDS Gill, Advocate for respondent nos. 4 to 7 L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Ajit Singh has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ of habeas corpus for release of alleged detenue Amandeep Kaur from the illegal custody of private respondent nos. 4 to 7, who are parents, brother and uncle of the alleged detenue. The petitioner alleged that the alleged detenue Amandeep Kaur is his wife and has been illegally detained by the private respondents. Reply on behalf of respondent nos. 1 to 3 filed today in Court by learned State counsel is taken on record. Copy given to the opposite counsel. Amandeep Kaur is present in person and has also been identified by petitioner himself who is also present in person. Affidavit of Criminal Writ Petition No. 953 of 2009 -2- Amandeep Kaur filed today in Court is taken on record. Separate statement of Amandeep Kaur has been recorded. She has stated that she is living with her parents i.e. respondent nos. 4 and 7 of her own free will and she wants to continue to live with them. She has also stated that she does not want to live with the petitioner. In the affidavit of Amandeep Kaur, it has interalia been affirmed that the petitioner along with some other persons kidnapped her in a car and forcibly and under threat solemnized marriage of petitioner with her and she was also raped by the petitioner. On getting opportunity, she escaped from captivity and went to her parental home. In view of the aforesaid, the instant writ petition is dismissed. ( L.N. Mittal ) September 17, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'