THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO.4065 OF 2006 Dated: 8.3.2006 Between: Mariyam Fatima, W/o. Mustafa Ali, (Old name: Mamata Goutam), D/o. Satish Chandra Goutam, R/o. Flat No. 404, Mathrushree Apartments, Hyderabad. Now R/o. 23-2-45, Moghalpura, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Narayanaguda Police Station, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad & others. Respondents. HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO. 4065 OF 2006 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) This writ petition is taken up on the basis of a telegram dated 16.2.2006 sent by the petitioner. In this petition, she prays that directions be issued to the respondents to provide security and protection to her as she has embraced Islam and changed her name as Maria Fatima with her free will and consent and has married to Mustafa Ali on 16.2.2006 against the wishes of her parents. A counter affidavit has been filed by the 1st respondent stating that the parents of the petitioner had lodged a complaint with the respondent-police station on 17.2.2006 alleging that their daughter who is the petitioner herein is missing since 16.2.2006 from 1.30 p.m., onwards. Thereafter, a case in Crime No. 46/2006 was registered and the investigation is in progress. While so, the answering respondent received a telegram from the petitioner stating that she got herself converted into Islam and she married one Mr. Mustafa Ali on 16.2.2006 with her own free will and consent. She further stated that her father might give a complaint against her and her husband and requested the authorities not to take any action on the said complaint and also sought police protection. Further, on 18.2.2006, the petitioner herself telephoned to the Investigating Officer and informed him that she along with her husband would come to the police station and that no action should be taken against them on the complaint lodged by her father. She further informed him that she is a major and she got married on her own will. Then the respondent advised her to approach him immediately, but the petitioner did not do so. The respondent could not trace the whereabouts of the petitioner and her husband. Further, the respondent is ready and willing to provide police protection as and when the petitioner approaches him seeking such protection. In view of the fact that the petitioner being a major has got married on her own and in view of what has been stated by the respondent in the counter affidavit, we need not go into the merits of the matter. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. ___________________ T. Meena Kumari,J Date: 8.3.2006 _____________ K.C. Bhanu,J pnb