Criminal Writ Petition No. 2537 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Writ Petition No. 2537 of 2011 Date of Decision: 12.12.2011 Parveen and Another ... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: By Post. Mr. Anupam Sharma, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, for the respondent. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) A complaint, received from Praveen and Raj Singh, by the Registry of this Court, has been treated as a Criminal Writ Petition. The petitioners have stated therein that they were taken to Police Post, Sector 9, Bahadurgarh and after they had paid ` 30,000 to the police, they were allowed to leave the Police Post. Today, learned counsel for the State has filed reply by way of affidavit of Pat Ram Singh, Superintendent of Police, Jhajjar and the same is taken on record. It is stated therein that the petitioners have quarreled with Pardeep, who had suffered injuries and was admitted in the Government Hospital, Bahadurgarh. He had also made a statement, which was recorded in Daily Diary Register at Police Post Bahadurgarh. Criminal Writ Petition No. 2537 of 2011 2 Mr. Anupam Sharma, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, on instructions from Telu Ram, Assistant Sub Inspector, has submitted that since the injuries, suffered by Pardeep Kumar were simple in nature and the offence being non-cognizable, no arrest of the petitioners has been effected. However, the allegations of giving or acceptance of bribe have been denied. It is further submitted that at present Praveen and Raj Singh are not in custody of the police and they are living at their respective residences. Since the petitioners are not in unlawful custody of anyone, a writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus cannot be issued. However, since serious allegations of coercing the petitioners to give bribe to the police officials have been made, the present writ petition is disposed of by directing the Registry of this Court to send a photocopy of the complaint to the Director General of Police, Haryana, who shall look into the matter and inquire regarding the conduct of the erring police officials. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge December 12, 2011 “DK”