Crl. Misc. No.M-2427 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-2427 of 2011 Date of Decision: 25.01.2011 Kulwant Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondent CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Jatinder K. Kamboj, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C for issuance of directions to respondents No.2 and 3 to take action on the complaint dated 27.08.2009 since the petitioner was kept as a Bonded Labour by respondent No.4. Section 12 of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 reads as under :- “12. Duty of District Magistrate and officers authorised by him. It shall be the duty of every District Magistrate and every officer specified by him under section 10 to inquire whether, after the commencement of this Act, any bonded labour system or any other form of forced labour is being enforced by, or on behalf of, any person resident within the local limits of his jurisdiction and if, as a result of such enquiry, any person is found to be enforcing the Crl. Misc. No.M-2427 of 2011 2 bonded labour system or any other system of forced labour, he shall forthwith take such action as may be necessary to eradicate the enforcement of such forced labour.” In view of the above provisions of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the District Magistrate, Ferozepur i.e respondent No.2 to enquire into the complaints P-1 and P-2 and take appropriate measures in accordance with law and provisions of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 as expeditiously as possible. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 25.01.2011 JUDGE gurpreet