Criminal Writ Petition No.1247 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No.1247 of 2011 Date of Decision : 3rd August, 2011 Nathu Ram .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL. Present: Mr. Vinit Sharma, Advocate, Amicus Curiae for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab Mr. A. K. Khungar, Advocate for Parvati Devi @ Paro. * * * * L.N.MITTAL, J. (ORAL) Application sent by post by Nathu Ram to Hon'ble the Chief Justice of this Court has been registered as the instant criminal writ petition and listed on judicial side. It is alleged in the application that on 04.04.2011, the petitioner on returning home from labour work found his wife Parvati Devi @ Paro (mentioned as accused No.5 in the application) to be missing from home. It is alleged that the other four accused i.e. Ranjit Kumar, Rajinder Kumar, Nikka Ram and Naina Ram sons of Durga Parshad had taken away petitioner's wife. While going away, petitioner's wife also took with her clothes, jewellery and cash etc. Accused No.1 Ranjit Kumar was also missing from his home since 04.04.2011. Other accused named in the application on being contacted by the petitioner picked up quarrel with him and threatened to kill him. The petitioner prayed that the matter may be got inquired into and FIR be registered Criminal Writ Petition No.1247 of 2011 -2- against the accused and petitioner's wife be got recovered. Petitioner's wife Parvati Devi @ Paro is present today in Court along with her counsel. FIR has also been registered by the Police as per replies submitted by Director General of Police, Punjab and Senior Superintendent of Police, Ferozepur. The FIR is being investigated. However, before registering FIR, it was found in inquiry that the allegation regarding amount of Rs.50,000/- in the application allegedly being sale price of plot of the petitioner was false as the petitioner had no such plot nor sold any plot. It was also revealed during inquiry that Ranjit Kumar developed intimacy or illicit relationship with Parvati Devi. Both of them left their homes. Counsel for Parvati Devi on instruction from Parvati Devi also states that she was not abducted by anybody. Parvati Devi also states that she had voluntarily gone with Ranjit Kumar. Be that as it may, prayer made by the petitioner in the application has already been acceded to. Inquiry has been conducted in the matter, FIR has also been registered. Petitioner' wife is also present in person in the Court. In view of the aforesaid, no further action or order is required in the instant criminal writ petition, which is accordingly disposed of. Nothing observed herein shall have any bearing on the investigation of the FIR registered in the matter. ( L. N. MITTAL ) JUDGE 1st August, 2011 'raj'