1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 07.04.2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.RAJESWARAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.M.AKBAR ALI Habeas Corpus Petition (MD) No.88 of 2011 T.Manohar ..Petitioner Vs. 1.State, rep.by The Inspector of Police, Samayapuram Police Station, Trichy District. 2.The Superintendent of Police, Trichy District. 3.R.Sampath ..Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus directing the respondents 1 and 2 to produce the petitioner's wife namely Dhanalakshmi, aged 30 years and the petitioner's daughters namely Subha, aged 11 years and Sandhya, aged 6 years, before this Court and to set them at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner :Mr.M.R.Sreenivasan For Respondents-1 :Mr.P.N.Pandithurai, and 2 Addl.Public.Pleader. For Respondent-3 :Mr.S.Ramasamy O R D E R (Order of the Court was made by S.RAJESWARAN,J) The petitioner, complaining about the missing of his wife and two minor daughters, has filed this Habeas Corpus Petition. According to the petitioner, his wife and two minor daughters have gone out on 25.10.2010 and thereafter, they have not returned back Home. Since the complaint given to the police has not been taken serious note of by the respondent Police, he has approached this Court by filing this Petition. 2.On notice, the 3rd respondent, who is suspected to have kidnapped the detenues, appeared before this Court and deposed that he has nothing to do with the detenues and he is not aware of their whereabouts. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that an enquiry was conducted, in which the 3rd respondent pleaded ignorance of the whereabouts of the detenues and stated that he has nothing to do in the missing of the detenues. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor further submits that the enquiry revealed that there has been frequent quarrel between the petitioner and the detenue wife and may be because of that she might have gone out of the matrimonial home, along with the minor https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 daughters, to lead a life of her own. 3.In the light of the above, it is to be construed that the detenues are not in the custody of the 3rd respondent and therefore nothing remains to be considered further in this petition. Accordingly, the same is dismissed. However, the respondent Police is directed to continue further investigation on the complaint given by the petitioner to trace the detenues, namely the wife and two minor daughters of the petitioner, and any information is obtained, the same shall be passed on to the petitioner. 4.With the above observation, the habeas corpus petition is dismissed. SD ASST REGISTRAR ( P AND A ) /TRUE COPY/ SUB ASST REGISTRAR gb To: 1.The Inspecgtor of Police, Samayapuram Police Station, Trichy District. 2.The Superintendent of Police, Trichy District. 3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 1CC TO MR. MR. SREENIVASAN, ADVOCATE, SR: 12919: DM:2011:APRIL:21: Order in HCP(MD)No.88/2011 Dated:07.04.2011 2P:5C:: https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/