Criminal Writ Petition No. 265 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Writ Petition No. 265 of 2009 Date of Decision: 5.3.2009 Jasbir …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: None for the petitoiner. Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 3. None for respondents No.4 and 5. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present petition has been filed for release of 22 detenus mentioned in para 2 of the petition. The District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, was called upon to hold an enquiry. The operative portion of the enquiry report reads as under:- “The report of Sub Divisional Magistrate, Jalandhar-I, concludes that after spot inspection it has established that the labourers came to the brick kiln on their own free will and hence they were not bonded labourers. Therefore, bonded labour was not established in any way. The complainant has Criminal Writ Petition No. 265 of 2009 2 gone to attend some marriage function in his home town in U.P. The other co-labourers belonging to other group were fully satisfied from the treatment and behaviour of the Brick Kiln Owner and his employees. Hence no offence under Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 is made out. However, since all the labourers were willing to go to their village in U.P. and the Brick Kiln has no objection to that and was in the agreement to them, hence all the people were allowed to leave the Brick Kiln. They were, however, supplied by the Brick Kiln Owner tractor trailer bearing regd. No. PB33-C-2633 to drop them at the Railway Station, Jalandhar Cantt. In view of the report of the enquiry officer, the complaint may be filed please”. In view of the report of the Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, no further directions are warranted. Hence, the present petition is disposed off. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge March 5, 2009 “DK”