IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH BY POST Crl. Writ Petition No. 1239 of 2008 Date of decision : 24.02.2009 Baldev Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Pursuant to order dated 16.12.2008, passed by this Court, a reply has been filed on behalf of State wherein it has been stated as under:- “That the contents of para No. 1 of the petition are admitted to the extent that Paramjit Kaur @ Pammi wife of the petitioner is mother of three children and as per information derived from ASI Manjit Singh Incharge PP Gumtala by-pass that Paramjit Kaur is living separately from Baldev Singh @ Gurdev Singh, petitioner since 20-22 years alongwith her three sons at Nangali Phatha. As Baldev Singh @ Gurdev Singh is daily drunkard and gave swear beating to his wife Paramjit Kaur @ pammi. It is further submitted that Mukha is the brother-in-law of Baldev Singh who has no concern with Baldev Singh as well as Paramjit Kaur @ Pammi.” Learned counsel for the State has also pointed out that statement of Paramjit Kaur @ Pammi has also been recorded, according to which she has stated that false and baseless complaints are being made by the petitioner. Crl. Writ Petition No. 1239 of 2008 -2- In view of the fact that statement of wife of the petitioner has been recorded wherein she has stated that she is voluntarily residing from the petitioner, no cause of action survives in this petition and the same is dismissed as such. 24.02.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE