Crl. W. P. No. 1576 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. W. P. No. 1576 of 2011 Date of Decision : August 26, 2011 Bimla Devi .... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Ms. Gagan Mohini, AAG, Punjab. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Telegram sent by Bimla Devi 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 inter alia alleged in the telegram that petitioner's son Ashu Sahota aged 17 years has been illegally detained by ASI Dulla and Constable Balraj Singh of CIA Staff, Ludhiana for the last five days and has been tortured by ASI Dulla. Reply on behalf of State of Punjab, filed today in Court, is taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. Allegations made in the telegram have been denied in the reply. Crl. W. P. No. 1576 of 2011 2 It is alleged in the reply that on receipt of secret information on 04.08.2011 that petitioner's son Ashu Sahota, along with other accused persons, had assembled with deadly weapons for committing dacoity, FIR No.154 dated 04.08.2011, under Sections 399 and 402 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 25 of the Arms Act was registered against petitioner's son and others in Police Station, Shimlapuri, District Ludhiana and during raid, petitioner's son was arrested. A country made pistol along with two live cartridges was recovered from him. Information regarding arrest of petitioner's son in the said case was given to the petitioner on 04.08.2011 and the petitioner thumb marked the Arrest Information Memo. It is also alleged that petitioner's son was legally arrested in the aforesaid FIR and on the same day i.e. on 04.08.2011, he was produced before the Illaqa Magistrate, who remanded him in police custody. It is also stated in the reply that in addition to the aforesaid FIR, there are also five other cases registered against the petitioner's son including case of murder, robbery, theft and Arms Act. It is further alleged in the reply that the present petition has been filed to pressurize the police not to take against her son, who is involved in serious crimes. In view of the aforesaid reply, no further order or action is required in the instant Criminal Writ Petition, which is accordingly disposed of. August 26, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE