Criminal Writ Petition No.1758 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No.1758 of 2010 Date of Decision : 15.07.2011 Pala Ram .... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others .... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL. Present: Mr. Vinod Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sidharth Sarup, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for the respondents No.1 to 3. * * * * L.N.MITTAL, J. (ORAL) Allegation of the petitioner Pala Ram in the instant habeas corpus writ petition is that his daughter Suman has been kidnapped by respondent No.4 Tara Chand on 09.08.2010 and in this regard, FIR stands registered on 15.09.2010. The petitioner prayed for release of his daughter from the illegal custody of respondent No.4. Reply was filed on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3 (State of Haryana and Police Authorities). Thereafter, various status reports have also been filed by respondents No.1 to 3 including latest status report dated 11.07.2011. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Admittedly petitioner's daughter is major. She was working as teacher in the school being run by respondent No.4. There is said to Criminal Writ Petition No.1758 of 2010 -2- be lot of age difference between petitioner's daughter and respondent No.4. Respondent No.4 is already married and having three children as submitted by counsel for the petitioner. However, prima facie it appears that petitioner's daughter has eloped with respondent No.4. In any event, respondents No.1 to 3 have made all efforts to trace the petitioner's daughter as well as respondent No.4, but the efforts have failed. The matter is already almost one year old. No useful purpose would be served by keeping the case pending any more. In view of the aforesaid, instant criminal writ petition stands disposed of, without prejudice to merits of the FIR or any other proceedings pending or to be initiated. ( L. N. MITTAL ) JUDGE 15th July, 2011 'raj'