Crl. Writ Petition No.1230 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No.1230 of 2011 Date of Decision : 27th July, 2011 Pala Ram .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL. Present: Mr. L. M. Gulati, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondents No.1 to 4. Mr. B. L. Sharma, Advocate for respondents No.5 to 10. Mr. V. S. Saini, Advocate for respondent No.11. * * * * L.N.MITTAL, J. (ORAL) Reply on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3 filed today in Court by State counsel is taken on record. Copy given to the opposite counsel. Petitioner Pala Ram has filed this criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for release of his daughter Mona from illegal detention of respondents No.5 to 11. Alleged detenue is wife of respondent No.5-Happy, whereas respondents No.6 to 10 are family members of respondent No.5 and respondent No.11 is their labourer. On 21.06.2011 alleged detenue Mona came present in person in the Court. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the Crl. Writ Petition No.1230 of 2011 -2- alleged detenue is now residing with her parental family i.e. with the petitioner. In view of the aforesaid, the instant habeas corpus writ petition has been rendered infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of as having been rendered infructuous without prejudice to right of the petitioner or the alleged detenue to pursue any other legal remedy for any offence allegedly committed by anybody. ( L. N. MITTAL ) JUDGE 27th July, 2011 'raj'