IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 26395 of 2009 Between: Pothapolu Madhusudhana Babu ..... PETITIONER AND The Superintendent of Police, Chittoor, Chittoor District & 2 Others. .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU WRIT PETITION No. 26395 OF 2009 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) By means of filing this writ petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India, petitioner seeks issuance of writ of habeas corpus for production of Ms. Sandhya whom he alleged to have married at Tirumala on 31.7.2009, and to set her at liberty. In response to the notice issued, the Station House Officer, Piler Police Station, today, secured the presence of the alleged detenue Ms.Sandhya before this Court. On enquiry, she disclosed her date of birth as 21.4.1990 and stated that petitioner used to visit his relatives’ house at Srikakulam and with a promise that he would accompany her to Vizag, took her to Tirumala and there, he forcibly married her and later, in his absence, she could escape from him and returned to her parents house. She specifically stated that her parents have not detained her. Since the alleged detenue is a major and deposed that she has not been illegally detained by her father-3rd respondent herein as alleged in the writ petition no cause survives for adjudication in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. Petitioner is at liberty to pursue the remedies available to him under law. No order as to costs. _________________ (A. GOPAL REDDY, J.) ____________________ (SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J.) DECEMBER 14, 2009 TSR