Crl. Writ Petition No. 1342 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Writ Petition No. 1342 of 2008 Date of decision: January 7, 2009 Adil --- Petitioner Versus State of Haryana & others ---- Respondents Before: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Mahabir Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Senior DAG, Haryana. Rajan Gupta, J (Oral). Vide order dated 22-12-2008, this Court was pleased to appoint a warrant officer to get the alleged detenues released from the wrongful confinement of respondents No. 4 & 5. The report has been submitted by the warrant officer, wherein it has been stated that on reaching the disclosed place, he met the brick kiln owner Sudershan Modi, who told him that the labour was free to go any where they wanted. However, detenues at serial No. 28 to 37 were not found at the brick kiln. The owner informed that the said persons had already left for their village. A reply has also been filed on behalf of respondent No.2, wherein it has been stated as under: “That in reply to para No. 8 of the petition, it is submitted that as per the information provided by SHO police station City Tohana, the Hon'ble High Court had appointed a warrant officer, who visited the police station along with the petitioner and made a repat No. 8 dated 23.12.2008 requiring police protection. The warrant officer again visited the police station and made another rapat No.17 dated 23.12.2008 mentioning therein that he had gone to the brick kiln of Tara Crl. Writ Petition No. 1342 of 2008 2 Chand situated in village Kanhari and released all the detenues mentioned in para No.2 of the petition”. In view of the report of the warrant officer as well as the reply filed by the State, the present writ petition has been rendered infructuous and is disposed of as such. [Rajan Gupta] Judge January 7, 2009. `ask'