Cr.WP No. 6 of 2008 13.10.2008 Present: Mr. Surinder Saklani, counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Ram Murti Bisht, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents No. 1 to 3 . Reply has been filed by the State on the affidavit of Station House Officer, Nalagarh. In this reply, it is clearly stated that the Station House Officer has personally visited the Brick Kiln of respondent No. 4. According to the deponent, as per the information gathered by him on the spot, the labourers were being paid wages of Rs.100/- per day. They were also being provided huts in which they were residing with free water and electricity supply. It has been averred in the affidavit that the petitioner himself has left for his native place on 1.10.2008. According to the Station House Officer, all the persons who are alleged to have been illegally detained were free to move around and respondent No. 4 had not in any manner detained the said persons. In view of the averments made in the affidavit, there is no merit in the petition, which is accordingly rejected. ( Deepak Gupta ), J. October 13, 2008 ( V.K. Ahuja), J. (BSS)