I N THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDI GARH C.O.C.P. No.1909 of 2008 Date of Decision : March 27, 2009 Rupinder Preet Kaur ....Petitioner Versus S.K. Asthana and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present : Mr. Jasdev Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Sahu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for the respondents T.P.S. MANN, J. (Oral) During the investigation of FIR No. 10 dated 8.9.2007 registered at Police Station, Vigilance Bureau, Phase-I, Mohali under Sections 7, 13(1) (d)(e) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 168, 169, 216, 218 and 120-B IPC, which was registered on the basis of source report received by DSP Jora Singh against Sarabdeep Singh Virk, former Director General of Police, Punjab, the police had taken into possession the passport and PAN Card of the petitioner despite the fact that she was not an accused in the case. She filed an application for the release of her passport as well as the PAN Card, which application was allowed by Special Judge, Mohali on 7.7.2008. Inspite of the same, neither the passport nor the PAN Card was returned to the petitioner and she filed the present petition for initiating contempt proceedings against the respondents. C.O.C.P. No.1909 of 2008 -2- Short reply has been filed on behalf of respondent No. 1 today in the Court, which is taken on record and copy thereof handed over to learned counsel for the petitioner. Perusal of reply would reveal that Vigilance Bureau had taken the passport and PAN Card of the petitioner during the investigation of the aforementioned FIR. However, respondent No. 1 has no objection to the return of the passport and PAN Card to the petitioner. Passport bearing No. E7121593 and PAN Card No. AOLPK5242B have been handed over to learned counsel for the petitioner. In view of the fact that the passport and PAN Card of the petitioner have since been returned to the petitioner and photocopies thereof have been retained in the present file after obtaining signatures of counsel for the petitioner in token of receiving the same, the present petition has been rendered infructuous and is, accordingly, disposed of. Rule is discharged. ( T.P.S. MANN ) March 27, 2009 JUDGE satish