1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 23.11.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE.M.JAICHANDREN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE.S.NAGAMUTHU H.C.P.(MD)No.947 of 2011 G.Manikandan : Petitioner Vs 1.The Commissioner of Police, Madurai, Madurai City. 2.The Inspector of Police, S.S.Colony Police Station, Madurai City. 3.Murugesan 4.Dhanalakshmi : Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to direct the second respondent to produce the body of the detenue, namely, Kaanchi Malar, aged about 18½ years, before this Court and set her at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.B.Thanga Aravgindh For R.1&2 : Mr.A.Ramar Addl.Public Prosecutor ORDER [Order of the Court was made by S.NAGAMUTHU,J.] The petitioner, G.Manikandan, claims to be the husband of one Kaanchi Malar/ detenue. According to him, the detenue is aged about 18 ½ years and the marriage between him and the said Kaanchi Malar was celebrated on 26.09.2011, at Pandi Kovil, Madurai. After three days, according to the petitioner, the detenue has been taken and illegally detained by the third and fourth respondents, who are the parents of the detenue. In this regard, the petitioner has preferred a complaint on 11.10.2011. Since no action was taken, the petitioner has come up with this Habeas Corpus petition seeking a direction to the first and the second respondents to produce the detenue / Kaanchi Malar before this Court and to set her at liberty. 2. Today, the parents of the detenue produced the detenue before this Court. On enquiry, she would state that she is only aged about 17 ½ years and that there was no marriage at all celebrated between the petitioner and the detenue, as claimed by the petitioner. She would further state that she has all along been residing in her parental home and she has not been detained by any one. Besides, she expressed her willingness to go with the care and custody of her parents. The statement of the detenue is recorded. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 3. In view of the above, nothing survives in this Habeas Corpus petition, as there is no illegal detention by anyone, as alleged by the petitioner. Hence, this petition is dismissed and the detenue is permitted to go along with her parents, as per her wish. Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CO) / True Copy / Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Commissioner of Police, Madurai, Madurai City. 2.The Inspector of Police, S.S.Colony Police Station, Madurai City. 3. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. +1CC TO MR.R.JAGADEESWARAN, ADVOCATE SR : 41043 Ssm SR : 01.12.2011 : 2p/5c Order made in H.C.P.(MD)No.947 of 2011 Dated:- 23.11.2011 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/