IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRL.MISC.NO.16782-M OF 2005 DATE OF DECISION: SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 Mahinder Singh and others ..... PETITITIONERS VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr.Vikram Punia, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Partap Singh, Sr.DAG, Haryana. Mr.D.S.Malik, Advocate, for respondents No.6,12,13 and 17. ... Initially, this petition was filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, which was subsequently treated as a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This petition has been filed by the petitioners for issuing directions to the respondents to take immediate preventive action to stop the violation of their right to equality as it has been alleged that the Khap Panchayat of 40 villages of Sangwan Gotra (respondent No.6 herein) has passed a resolution socially boycotting the families of the petitioners. During the course of hearing, counsel for respondent No.6 made a statement that at no point of time any resolution socially boycotting the families of the petitioners was passed. No such resolution has been placed on record also. He further contends that respondent No.6 cannot think over to pass such a resolution and will not pass such a resolution in future. Keeping in view the aforesaid statement made by the counsel for respondent No.6, counsel for the petitioners does not want to press this petition. Dismissed as not pressed. September 15, 2006 (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) vkg JUDGE