Criminal Writ Petition No. 1596 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Writ Petition No. 1596 of 2010 Date of Decision: 7.2.2011 Jarnail Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Gopal Singh Nahel, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. B.S. Sra, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents for release of the petitioner as his continuous detention is unlawful. In response thereto, Surinder Pal Khanna, Superintendent, Central Jail, Ludhiana, has filed a reply, by way of his affidavit, on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3, wherein it is stated that after taking into consideration the period undergone by the petitioner as an undertrial and that of his conviction, he is likely to be released from Jail on 22.2.2011. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in view of the Criminal Writ Petition No. 1596 of 2010 2 stand taken by the State in its reply filed that the petitioner is likely to be released from Jail on 22.2.2011, the petitioner has no grievance and the present petition may be disposed of. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the petitioner, the present writ petition is disposed of. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge February 7, 2011 “DK”