IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.19323 OF 2009 Between: Gatla Bhagatulal S/o. Sudhakar R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer L.B. Nagar Police Station Cyberabad, Hyderabad. 2 Kothuru Srikanth Alias Srinivas R/o. Mallikarjuna Nagar, Bandlaguda, (GSI), Nagole. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Habeas Corpus to declaring the action of the respondent in not producing my wife Smt. Rajeshwari is illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondent to produce the petitioner wife Smt. Rajeshwari before this Hon'ble Court and set her at liberty. Counsel for the Petitioner :MR.D.KODANDARAMA MURTHY Counsel for the Respondents: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.19323 OF 2009 O R D E R (Per Sri Justice D.S.R.Varma) The grievance of the petitioner is that his wife by name Smt.G.Rajeshwari was illegally detained by his in-laws and presently she is residing much against her will with her parents. Today, the alleged detenue along with her father are produced before the Court and upon being questioned by us in the open Court, she stated that she, on her own volition, left the company of the petitioner on account of family disputes and presently, she along with her son are staying with her parents and that she is a major. She further asserted that she has been living with her father not under compulsion. Therefore, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and since she is a major, she has every right to live as per her wish and will wherever she likes and in the manner in which she likes. However, it is made clear that it is for the petitioner to work out the remedies available, if any, under law. With the above observations, the writ petition is dismissed. ------------------------- D.S.R.VARMA, J. ---------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR, J. 17th SEPTEMBER, 2009 PGS / VGSR