AJN 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.900 OF 2009 Menaka B. Bhatia. ... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. Pravin Singhal for the petitioner. Ms. U.V. Kejriwal, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & R.G. KETKAR, JJ. DATED : 5TH MAY, 2009. P.C.:- 1. The petitioner is the mother of one Raji. The petitioner has sought an order directing the respondents to produce Raji in this court. It is her case that Raji is illegally detained by some unknown persons. According to the petitioner she is also receiving some threatening calls. Mr. Singhal, learned counsel for the petitioner reiterated the averments made in the petition. AJN 2 2. On 4/5/2009, we directed the police to ensure that Raji is produced in our court with the help of a woman police constable. Accordingly, Raji is produced in our court. We have interviewed her. She is 25 years of age. She is major. We asked her whether she is illegally detained and whether she wants to go back to her mother. Raji categorically stated that she is not illegally detained. She stated that she is employed; that she is earning; that she is staying on her own; that she is safe; that she is happy and that she does not want to go to her mother. She made certain grievances about her mother which we do not want to reproduce in our order. 3. In view of the fact that Raji is major and that she has told us that she is not illegally detained and that she does not want to go to her mother, it is not possible for us to entertain this petition. 4. We must also note that we have interviewed the petitioner in our chamber. We ensured that the petitioner meets Raji in our chamber. Raji clearly told the petitioner that she does not want to live with her. We have also perused the police papers which were produced by learned A.P.P. In view of the wish expressed by Raji, AJN 3 the petition will have to be dismissed. The petition is dismissed. [SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [R.G. KETKAR, J.]