Court No. - 58
Case :- HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 2988 of 2018 Petitioner :- Irfan And 16 Ors. Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Ors. Counsel for Petitioner :- Shamshida Tyagi Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ravindra Nath Kakkar,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A. for the State.
Learned A.G.A. has already accepted notice on behalf of respondent nos.1 to 3.
The present petition has been filed with the prayer that a writ in the nature of habeas corpus be issued commanding the respondents to release the detenues with their bag and wages or direct to decide the application dated 16.03.2018 filed by applicant Sarwar before respondent no. 2.
The grievance of the petitioners is that the respondent nos. 4 and 5 are illegally detaining the petitioners who were allegedly engaged as bonded labourers in the brick kiln and the District Administration has refused to extend any help to procure the corpus of the petitioners and thus a direction may be issued to respondent authorities for their release.
Taking note of the submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, there is no useful purpose to keep this petition pending. Therefore, it is provided that District Magistrate,Muzaffarnagar and Senior Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarnagar shall enquire into the matter and if the contentions of the petitioners are found to be correct, they shall do the needful and ensure their release from the illegal custody expeditiously without unreasonable delay, in accordance with law.
However, it will be open to the concerned authorities to take legal action against the petitioners in the event the allegations are found to be incorrect.
With these observation, this petition is disposed of finally.
Let a copy of this order be given to the learned A.G.A. to ensure the compliance of this order.
Order Date :- 28.3.2018/RPD