BALBIR SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-5121-2026 -1- 139 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-5121-2026 Date of decision : 01.05.2026 Balbir Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. A.S. Gulati, Advocate for the petitioner. RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. This petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus for directing the respondent to release the detenues mentioned in Para No.4 of the petition. Further prayer has been to set them free from the illegal bondage of respondents No.4 and 5 and their accomplices. 2. Notice of motion to the official respondents only. 3. On asking of the Court, Mr. Kuljinder Dhindsa, AAG, Punjab who is present in Court, accepts notice on behalf of official respondents. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has restricted his prayer to the extent that the present petition be disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to treat this petition as a complaint under the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 and take immediate action in accordance with law within a stipulated period. 5. A Division