HON'BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 25891 OF 2006 Between: Kothakonda Shanta ..... Petitioner AND Sub-Inspector of Police, Edulla Bayyaram Police Station, Khammam District & others .....Respondents :: O R D E R :: Counsel for the petitioner : Shri B.S.A. Satyanarayana Dated: 02.01.2007 Per G.S.SINGHVI, CJ In this petition, the petitioner has made the following substantive prayer: “ It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue any order or orders or writ or direction or any appropriate writ preferably one in the nature of writ of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents herein to produce Kumari K. Srujana D/o Sambaiah aged about 17 yrs, R/o Pydipalli and Kumari Chamanthi R/oKamalapur aged about 16 years Occ: studying who were kept in illegal custody of first respondent since 08.12.2006 and punish the erring and those responsible police officials” Learned counsel for the petitioner says that in view of the counter affidavits filed on behalf of the respondents showing that Kumari K. Srujana and Kumari Chamanthi have been detained in connection with the crime registered by the police, he may be permitted to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to file appropriate application before the concerned court to prove that the two girls are less than 18 years age and they cannot be tried in the regular criminal court. The request of the learned counsel is accepted and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty in terms of the prayer made. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 02.01.2007 ksld