Crl. Writ Petition No. 387 of 2011 - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No. 387 of 2011 Date of Decision: March 15, 2011 Mukesh ..... Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab and others. .....Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JORA SINGH Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. P.S. Sidhu, Addl. AG, Punjab for respondent-State Mr. Rahul Tiwari, District Magistrate, Ludhiana present in person. ***** JORA SINGH, J (ORAL) The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus for the release of detenues as mentioned in para No. 4 of the petition, who are stated to be in illegal custody of respondents No.4 and 5. Learned State counsel has filed reply by way of affidavit of Rahul Tiwari, District Magistrate, Ludhiana and the same is taken on record. Mr. Rahul Tiwari, District Magistrate, Ludhiana, who is present in Court, tendered unconditional apology and assured that in future order of Court is to be complied with without any delay. He further stated that letter was received from the office of Advocate General, Punjab to file reply but the same was not put up before him. He further stated that departmental action is being taken against the concerned official. Crl. Writ Petition No. 387 of 2011 - 2 - Unconditional apology tendered by District Magistrate, Ludhiana is accepted. According to reply none of the alleged detenues was found to be in illegal custody of respondents No.4 and 5 as all the alleged detenues have left the brick kiln one month ago. In view of abovesaid reply, no further action is required to be taken at this stage. Hence, the present petition has become infructuous and is dismissed accordingly. March 15, 2011 (JORA SINGH) sham JUDGE