IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 1311 of 2009 Date of decision: November 23, 2009 Ram Pal -Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others -Respondents Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Mahabir Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) This is a petition for issuance of a writ in the nature of habeas corpus for release of the persons named in para 2 of the petition,who are alleged to be illegally detained at the brick kiln belonging to respondents No. 4 & 5. Learned State counsel submits that pursuant to order dated 9- 11-2009, an enquiry was conducted by the District Magistrate, Hoshiarpur. Mr. Gupta has filed an affidavit of the said officer. According to learned counsel, there is no one in illegal detention at the said brick kiln at present. In view of the statement made by learned State counsel, the instant petition has been rendered infructuous and is dismissed as such. [Rajan Gupta] Judge November 23, 2009. 'ask'