Harjit Kaur v. State of Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Harjit Kaur v. State of Punjab, CRWP-1507-2025, High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided February 14, 2025 by Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj (oral). Article 226 petition for protection of life and liberty of petitioner's son in police custody (recently hit with gun shot); son is accused in FIR No.96 dated 21.08.2024 and FIR No.98 dated 29.08.2024, both under investigation; representation Annexure P-1 pending before respondent No.2; court disposed of petition directing SSP, District Batala to decide representation expeditiously in accordance with law. Keywords: protection of life and liberty; police custody; FIR; representation; SSP District Batala; Punjab.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No.2 - Senior Superintendent of Police, District Batala, to look into the petitioner's representation (Annexure P-1) and decide it expeditiously in accordance with law; no independent adjudication of the protection grievance.