Criminal Writ Petition No.1778 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Writ Petition No.1778 of 2011 Date of Decision: 5.10.2011 Balbir Singh ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. K.K. Goel , Advocate for the petitioner. 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 for release of the alleged detenue Paramjit Singh, who is stated to have been unlawfully confined by respondents No.3 to 14. In pursuance of the order dated 12.9.2011, passed by this Court, the Warrant Officer has submitted his report dated 19.9.2011. As per the report, Paramjit Singh, alleged detenue, is no longer in unlawful custody of anyone. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in view of this, the present writ petition has been rendered infructuous, however liberty be granted to prosecute respondents No.3 to 14 for causing unlawful detention of Paramjit Singh and also to seek compensation from the Criminal Writ Petition No.1778 of 2011 2 Court of competent jurisdiction also by approaching Punjab State Human Rights Commission. As prayed, the present writ petition is disposed of having been rendered infructuous with the liberty aforesaid. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge October 5, 2011 “DK”