Criminal Writ Petition No.1862 of 2011

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

Criminal Writ Petition No.1862 of 2011

Date of Decision : 22^nd September, 2011

Rajinder Kumar @ Harpreet Singh @ Bittu

.... Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab & another

.... Respondents

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL.

Present:

Mr. Jasbir Singh Chahal, Advocate for the petitioner.

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L.N.MITTAL, J. (ORAL)

Rajinder Kumar @ Harpreet Singh @ Bittu has filed the instant

habeas corpus writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India

alleging that his wife Sarabjit Kaur, adopted daughter Shavy @ Sharia and

daughter Glory are in illegal detention of Jagroop Singh-respondent No.2.

The petitioner has alleged that some differences arose between him and his

wife and thereupon she started living at her parental house. She also started

pressurizing him to grant her divorce, but the petitioner refused to do so. It

is also alleged that Sarabjit Kaur got the petitioner summoned to police

station and under police pressure and threats, petitioner was made to sign

some papers to the effect that the daughters and the household goods will

remain with petitioner's wife Sarabjit Ka