Criminal Writ Petition No. 1191 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 1191 of 2011 Date of decision : July 18, 2011 Sukhwant Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. N.S.Shekhawat, Advocate as Amicus-curiae Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Application sent by post by Sukhwant Singh to Hon'ble the Chief Justice of this Court has been registered as instant criminal writ petition and listed on judicial side. It is alleged in the application that the petitioner's minor son Harmeet Singh had been kidnapped by Sukhdev Singh etc. who were demanding Rs 20 lacs as ransom for his release. Reply on behalf of State by way of affidavit of Senior Superintendent of Police, Taran Taran filed today in Court by State counsel is taken on record subject to all just exceptions. Copy given to the Amicus-curiae. Criminal Writ Petition No. 1191 of 2011 -2- Heard. File perused. Pursuant to order of the preceding date, Mr. Preet Pal Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police, Taran Tarn is present in person. Police authorities have also brought the alleged detenue Harmeet Singh along with his maternal grand-father Kashmir Singh and Pashora Singh, Sarpanch of petitioner's villlage Gujjarpura. It has transpired that petitioner's first wife Lakhwinder Kaur who gave birth to the alleged detenue Harmeet Singh had since died and the petitioner had performed second marriage with Gurmit Kaur. It appears that there was some discord between alleged detenue and his step mother. In reply on behalf of State it has been stated that in Panchayat the alleged detenue was handed over to his maternal grandfather Kashmir Singh. Compromise Annexure R/1 dated 13.6.2011 has also since been effected between the parties. Statements Annexure R/2 of Sukhwant Singh, Annexure R/3 of alleged detenue Harmeet Singh and Annexure R/4 of Kashmir Singh have also been recorded. In view of the aforesaid, no further action is called for in the instant criminal writ petition. Alleged detenue Harmeet Singh has been produced in this Court and he is residing happily with his maternal grandfather. Accordingly, the instant criminal writ petition is disposed of. ( L.N. Mittal ) July 18, 2011 Judge 'dalbir'