Criminial Writ Petition No. 1084 of 2009 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminial Writ Petition No. 1084 of 2009 Date of decision : 14.10.2009 Davinder Pal Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. Shiv Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. B.B.S.Teji, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab S. D. ANAND, J. In this Criminal Writ Petition filed by the petitioner, a Warrant Officer had been appointed by a Coordinate Bench ( A.N.Jindal, J.) of this Court vide order dated 1.10.2009. The Warrant Officer has furnished his report dated 2.10.2009. It may be read as Annexure A-1. The Warrant Officer found that the CIA Staff, Khanna, District Ludhiana had made an entry (DDR No.4 dated 1.10.2009 at 1.30 P.M.) regarding the arrest of alleged detenue in connection with RIR No.68 dated 17.4.2009 registered at Police Station, Samrala. A copy of the FIR was handed over to the Warrant Officer by ASI Mohan Lal. In the light of that fact, the Warrant Officer observed that detention of the detenue could not be described as illegal. Learned counsel, appearing on behalf of the petitioner, states that DDR entry had been ante timed and that there was no justification with the police of CIA Staff, Khanna, District Ludhiana to arrest the detenue as his name did not figure in the FIR. Learned counsel states that the petitioner reserves liberty to Criminial Writ Petition No. 1084 of 2009 -2- **** file a complaint for wrongful confinement on the basis of finding of the Warrant Officer. In view of the report made by the Warrant Officer, no further orders in this Criminal Writ Petition are required. It is to state the obvious that the petitioner would be entitled to take whatever legal recourse is available to him as per law. October 14, 2009 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE Note: Whether to be referred to Reporter : Yes/No