IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 754 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 03, 2010 Gurmail Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present: Ms. Sonal Datta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P.S. Sidhu, Additional Advocate General, Punjab T.P.S. MANN, J. (Oral) **** According to the petitioner, his close friends Buta Singh @ Soni, Sunny and Bhanma were picked up by the police on 26.4.2010 from their houses and were being illegally detained since then. Neither they had been arrested or detained in any criminal case nor produced before the Court of law. Accordingly, it was prayed that a writ in the nature of habeas corpus be issued so as to direct the respondents to release the aforementioned detenus. Crl. Writ Petition No. 754 of 2010 -2- While issuing notice of motion to respondent No.3 for today, the Court had directed the Registry to nominate a Warrant Officer for visiting Police Station Moolepur so as to locate the alleged detenus. As per the report of the Warrant Officer, he reached Police Station Moolepur on 29.4.2010 at 7.10 p.m. He conducted the search of the premises of the Police Station but none of the alleged detenus was found there. He then perused the Daily Diary Register kept in the Police Station and asked MHC about the whereabouts of the alleged detenus. He was told that the aforementioned detenus were arrested on 28.4.2010, under Sections 107/151 Cr.P.C. and DDR No. 33 was recorded at 8.00 p.m. in the Roznamcha. On 29.4.2010, they were taken by HC Arur Singh for being produced before Sub Divisional Magistrate, Fatehgarh Sahib and entry in this regard was made vide DDR No. 18 dated 29.4.2010. The concerned Sub Divisional Magistrate remanded the alleged detenus to judicial custody till 5.5.2010. In view of the above, it cannot be said Buta Singh @ Soni, Sunny and Bhanma were being illegally detained. The petition is without any merit and, therefore, dismissed. ( T.P.S.MANN ) May 03, 2010 JUDGE ajay-1