Criminal Writ Petition No.1512 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No.1512 of 2011 Date of Decision : 1st August, 2011 Hardeep Singh .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others .... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL. Present: Mr. Ravi Malhotra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondents No.1 and 2. Mr. S. S. Tiwana, Advocate for respondent No.3. Petitioner, respondent No.3 and alleged detenue Charanjit Kaur – in person. * * * * L.N.MITTAL, J. (ORAL) Pursuant to order of the preceding date respondent No.3 has produced his daughter Charanjit Kaur, alleged detenue in Court. Initially when the case was taken up, the alleged detenue told that she wanted to live with her parents while petitioner and respondent No.3 both were present in the Court. However, both of them were sent outside the Court room so that the alleged detenue could make up her mind independently without being influenced by the petitioner or by respondent No.3. When the case was taken up after some time, the alleged detenue wanted more time to think over and the case was again passed over. Thereafter, the case was again taken up and the alleged Criminal Writ Petition No.1512 of 2011 -2- detenue expressed her desire to live with the petitioner. However, in the meantime, the petitioner had met the alleged detenue two three times in the Court room by coming inside the court room against the direction of the Court. In view thereof, the petitioner was strictly instructed not to contact the detenue and the case was again passed over. Now the case has been taken up finally again after more than two hours. At this stage, petitioner and respondent No.3 were also called inside the Court room. The alleged detenue has stated that she has married with petitioner on 06.07.2010 in Australia voluntarily and wants to live with him. After the detenue expressed her said desire, respondent No.3 went out of the Court room apparently out of anguish. Statement of the alleged detenue has been recorded separately and is reproduced hereunder: “Stated that my age is 28 years. My educational qualification is MA, B.Ed. I have voluntarily married with petitioner Hardeep Singh on 06.07.2010 in Australia. Now I want to live with the petitioner voluntarily. I do not want to reside with my parents. Respondent No.3 is my father. I have decided to live with the petitioner after due consideration.” In view of the aforesaid, since the alleged detenue is a mature girl aged 28 years and is well educated and was residing in Australia where she married with the petitioner and now she wants to live with the petitioner voluntarily, she is at liberty to go with the petitioner. The instant habeas corpus writ petition is disposed of accordingly. ( L. N. MITTAL ) JUDGE 1st August, 2011 'raj'