Updated: 22th march,2025

Farmers’ leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is reportedly unlawfully arrested from the ongoing farmers’ protest, filed a habeas corpus petition, and the Punjab and Haryana High Court sent notice to the Punjab Government late in the evening.

In the order, Justice Manisha Batra made the following statement while notifying the Punjab Government and the Director General of Police:
“This petition has been received at 6:45 pm making prayer for issuance of a writ in the nature of habeas corpus for release of detainee Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is the farmer leader of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political), who is in illegal custody of the respondents.”

Dallewal, who has been on a hunger strike for over a hundred days, and other farmer leaders attended the seventh session of negotiations with a central delegation headed by the Union Agriculture Minister on March 19, 2025, according to the request submitted by farmer activist Gurmukh Singh.

The Punjab Police stopped Dallewal’s convoy as it was making its way back from the meeting to the ongoing protest site at the boundaries of Shambhu and Khanauri in Mohali, close to the Jagatpura neighborhood. Conflicts between farmers and the police resulted from the detainee and other leaders being arrested without warning or justification, it further stated.

According to the request, 300–400 additional members of the farmer association were also missing. The petitioner asked for instructions to bring the detainee to court and prayed for any other remedies the court saw appropriate. The issue has been scheduled for additional consideration on March 24, 2025.

The plea was filed by attorneys Gurmohan Preet Singh, Angrej Singh, and Kanwarjit Singh.