- 1 - D.B.CIVIL WRIT (HABEAS CORPUS) PETITION NO.5046/2007 RAMESH SHAH VS. STATE & ORS. DATE OF ORDER : 17/9/2007 HON'BLE SHRI RAJESH BALIA, J. HON'BLE SHRI SANGEET LODHA, J. Mr.J.S.Rao, for the petitioner Mr.L.R.Upadhaya, Dy.G.A. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Corpus Ms. Lalita has been produced in the Court. Both respondent no.4 and petitioner are also present in Court. It is stated by the father that the girl is about 22 years of age and she has studied upto 7th standard. She had earlier been married within the community but the said marriage has been dissolved by customary form of divorce. The girl has stated that she has voluntarily married Ramesh-the petitioner and desires to stay with her husband. She endorses other statement of her father. The petitioner states that he too was married earlier but his first marriage has been dissolved by a decree of divorce by the Court of Addl. District Judge, Bali (District Pali), which has been produced before us for perusal. The decree has been granted by the Court of Addl. District Judge, Bali on consent of the parties. - 2 - Both the petitioner as well as corpus Ms.Lalita are adult and have acted as per their free will. The girl being sui juris is free to move wherever she likes to move. In view of the aforesaid, the girl is set free with liberty to go wherever she likes to go. The petition is disposed of accordingly. (SANGEET LODHA), J. (RAJESH BALIA), J. pankaj baweja