THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU WRIT PETITION No.29289 of 2011 ORDER (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy): The petitioner, who claims to have fell in love with the alleged detenue, namely, G.Shireesha, D/o.G.Ramesh, filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ of Habeas Corpus for production of the alleged detenue before this Court and set her at liberty, contending that she has been illegally detained by her family members against her will. The third respondent-Station House Officer, Banaganapalle Police Station filed a counter-affidavit along with the statement of the alleged detenue recorded by him on 08.11.2011. A perusal of the said statement discloses that since seven years the alleged detenue is in love with the petitioner herein; that her parents were not aware of the said fact; that subsequently, she informed about her love affair with the petitioner to her sister, who in turn informed the same to her parents in May, 2011; that her parents did not agree for the marriage, as the petitioner belongs to different caste; that apprehending that her parents may perform her marriage with some other person, she tried to escape from the house, but was caught by her father and since then her parents are trying to change her mindset up by taking her to temples twice or thrice in a week; that since she is not agreeable to stay with her parents and apprehending that her parents would house arrest her, she wrote a letter to the petitioner, which is the basis for filing the writ petition, but she has not been illegally confined. To ascertain the same, this Court, on 24.11.2011, directed for production of the alleged detenue before this Court to elicit her views. Pursuant to the said order, the alleged detenue has been produced before this Court today. When this Court examined, she stated that she is a major; that she has not been illegally confined by her parents’ and that she wants to lead her own independent life. Since the alleged detenue is not in illegal detention as pleaded by the petitioner, issuance of writ of Habeas Corpus does not arise. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. However, the alleged detenue is at liberty to choose her own way to lead her life. ___________________________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J ____________________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J Date: 29.11.2011 va