Criminal Writ Petition No. 2478 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Writ Petition No. 2478 of 2010 Date of Decision: 20.1.2011 Rakesh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Bhullar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 4. None for respondents No.5 to 8. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for release of the detenues, 34 in number, as mentioned in para No.4 thereof, from the illegal custody of respondents No.5 to 8. The District Magistrate, Patiala, has filed an affidavit, wherein it is stated that Tehsildar-cum-Executive Magistrate, Samana, was directed to visit the premises of the brick kiln. As per the report of Tehsildar, out of 37 persons, as named in the writ petition, 15 were labourer and remaining 22 were their children. The Executive Magistrate further recorded a joint statement of the labourers wherein they stated that they have not been unlawfully detained. An affidavit of petitioner Criminal Writ Petition No. 2478 of 2010 2 Rakesh Kumar has also been attached, wherein he stated that he filed the present writ petition due to some misunderstanding and he wishes to withdraw the writ petition. On second call, nobody is present on behalf of the petitioner. Hence, the present writ petition is dismissed in default. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge January 20, 2011 “DK”