1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR -------------------------------------------------------- CIVIL WRIT No. 911 of 2009 JIVAN RAM V/S STATE OF RAJ. & ORS. Mr. BHARAT DEVASI, for the appellant / petitioner Date of Order : 9.2.2009 HON'BLE SHRI N P GUPTA,J. HON'BLE SHRI KISHAN SWAROOP CHAUDHARI,J. ORDER ----- Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. This habeas corpus petition has been filed with the averment that the engagement ceremony of Indra was performed with the petitioner on 29.1.2003 at his home, wherein father of the petitioner and the petitioner gave certain ornaments as gift. Photo of the so called engagement ceremony has been produced as Annex.1. With this, it is alleged that after the engagement ceremony, the petitioner and Indra met many times and Indra had sworn before the God to spend her life with the petitioner. Then it is alleged that the parents of Indra had denied the proposal, and they are illegally detaining her and that the petitioner approached the Police Station Merta for lodging FIR, but no heed was paid by the police authorities due to political influence by the private respondents. In our view, in the totality of circumstances, it 2 is not a fit case for entertaining any habeas corpus petition at the behest of the petitioner. If he has any right, he is always free to pursue appropriate legal remedy, and if he feels that the police authorities are not discharging their duties, he may take appropriate proceedings in that regard before the competent authorities. All said and done, in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the present case, we do not find any ground to entertain the present habeas corpus petition. The same is, therefore, dismissed. ( KISHAN SWAROOP CHAUDHARI ),J. ( N P GUPTA ),J. /tarun/