THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.CHANDRA KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.3678 of 2010 Date: 12.04.2010 Between: Md. Taherunnisa … Petitioner and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.CHANDRA KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.3678 of 2010 ORAL ORDER : (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice D.S.R.Varma) Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Assistant Government Pleader, representing the learned Advocate General, appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2. 2. This Writ of Habeas Corpus is filed by the petitioner directing respondent Nos.2 to 5 to cause production of her grand-daughter viz., Shaheena Sultana Begum, D/o. Md. Musthafa, aged 19 years, before this Court and handover her custody to the petitioner and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to investigate into the matter. 3. The substratum of the complaint in this writ petition is that the alleged detenu, by name Shaheena Sultana Begum, who is pursuing her I Year B.Com., course in Siddhartha Mahila College, Vijayawada, is found missing from 10.11.2009. The petitioner suspects the involvement of the 3rd respondent in missing of her grand-daughter. A complaint had been lodged by the petitioner before the police on 16.11.2009 and basing on the same a case in Crime No.568 of 2009 under the head ‘girl missing’ was registered by the 2nd respondent police on 1.12.2009. Since then the police have been making efforts to trace the missing girl. 4. A counter affidavit is filed by the 2nd respondent-Inspector of Police, Penamaluru Police Station, Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District, denying the allegations and also narrating the efforts made by the police to trace the missing girl. 5. Obviously and admittedly, the girl is a major. Being a major, the girl has every liberty to lead a kind of life as per her will and wish and this Court cannot interfere in such matters and compel the girl to go along with the parents or anybody. Still, the petitioner has any further grievance, she can lodge a complaint to the police concerned and upon such complaint being made, the police are at obligation to investigate into the matter and make all efforts to trace the girl and file a final report before the Magistrate concerned. 6. With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of, at the stage of admission. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA _______________________________ JUSTICE B.CHANDRA KUMAR 12.04.2010. Msr THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.CHANDRA KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.3678 of 2010 12.04.2010 (Msr)