HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY Writ Petition No.21942 of 2011 Date: 30-8-2011 Between Ch.Anjaiah … Petitioner and The Station House Officer, Pet Basheerbad, Cyberabad and 4 others … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY Writ Petition No.21942 of 2011 Order: (per V.Eswaraiah, J.) None appears for the petitioner. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner sought for time for filing reply, no reply is filed. 2. The father of the alleged detenue, namely, Ch.Swathi, filed this Writ of habeas corpus for her production in which it is alleged as follows: The alleged detenue now aged about 19 years, is studying 2nd year Engineering in Mallareddy Engineering College, Medchal, Ranga Reddy district while staying in hostel. The 5th respondent forced her to marry him and misbehaved with her on 03-02-2011 and had taken her along with him without informing any of her family members. They went to Pune and there he insisted her to marry him. But as she refused, she was brought back to Hyderabad and left at Uppal. When she returned to her parents’ house, she along with her parents lodged a complaint with Pet Basheerabad Police Station and accordingly a case in Crime No.62 of 2011 was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 342, 351 and 109 of I.P.C. During the course of investigation, the accused 1 to 3 were arrested on 19-02-2011 and they were produced before the XV Metropolitan Magistrate, Medchal at Cyberabad. Subsequently, the accused 4 to 6 were also arrested on 25-02-2011, were also produced before the learned Magistrate and all of them were remanded to judicial custody and were sent to the Central Prison, Cherlapally, Ranga Reddy district and subsequently all of them were enlarged on bail. 3. While so, on 12-5-2011 the petitioner lodged another complaint with Pet Basheerabad Police Station stating that his daughter left the house on 10-5-2011 informing that she was going to her college to attend examination but did not return to the house. Accordingly, the petitioner suspected the involvement of the 5th respondent. Based on the said complaint, another case in Crime No.162 of 2011 was registered under the head ‘Woman Missing’ on the file of the police station. 4. A Counter-Affidavit is filed by the 1st respondent-Inspector of Police, Pet Basheerabad Police Station, Cyberabad, stating that during the course of investigation, they visited the house of the 5th respondent, who was also found missing from 10-5-2011. It is further stated that on 06-6-2011 a letter was received from the detenue stating that she became a major and she voluntarily left the house along with the 5th respondent on 10-5-2011 and she was interested to stay with the 5th respondent. It is further stated in the Counter-Affidavit that the Police are seriously making attempts to trace out the detenue and the 5th respondent. 5. We are of the opinion that the 1st respondent shall take appropriate or necessary steps to trace out the alleged detenue as well as the 5th respondent and produce them before the concerned Magistrate’s Court so as to enable the learned Magistrate to record their statements as to whether the alleged detenue left the house voluntarily or forcibly at the instance of the 5th respondent and to take necessary action in accordance with law. 6. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is closed. _______________________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. _______________________________ G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY, J. 30th August, 2011. Ak HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY Writ Petition No.21942 of 2011 (Order of the Division Bench delivered by VE, J.) 30th August, 2011. (Ak)