1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 29.04.2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.RAJESWARAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.M.AKBAR ALI Habeas Corpus Petition (MD) No.355 of 2011 P.Kannan ..Petitioner Vs. 1.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Madurai. 2.The Inspector of Police, Karuppayurani Police Station, Madurai. ..Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of writ of habeas corpus directing the respondents to produce the body of the detenus, namely Needhiraja, S/o.Ponnuchamy, brother of the petitioner, aged about 55 years and Karthi, S/o.Kaniraja, aged about 16 years, nephew of the petitioner, Muthumari, aged about 38 years, brother-in-law of the petitioner, before this Court and set them at liberty. For Petitioner :Mr.S.Mahendrapathy For Respondents-1 &2 :Mr.P.N.Pandithurai, Addl.Public Prosecutor. O R D E R (Order of the Court was made by S.RAJESWARAN,J) Alleging that his relatives, namely (i) Needhiraja, aged 55 ;years; (ii) Karth, aged about 16 years; and (iii) Muthumari, aged about 38 years, were forcibly taken away by the respondent police and kept under illegal custody, the petitioner has filed this petition to trace the detenus. 2.Today, when the petition was taken up for hearing, on instruction, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that the allegation of the petitioner that the detenus were taken by https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 the respondent police forcibly and and kept under illegal custody is baseless and in fact all the three detenus were arrested by the 2nd respondent police on 28.04.2011 in connection with Crime No.191/2011, registered under Section 366 IPC, on the file of the 2nd respondent Police Station and remanded to judicial custody. The said submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor is recorded. The learned counsel for the petitioner also admits that the detenus are now in judicial custody. 3.In view of the submission made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detenus are now under judicial custody, this habeas corpus petition is dismissed as no further orders need to be passed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CO) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To: 1.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Madurai. 2.The Inspector of Police, Karuppayurani Police Station, Madurai. 3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. Order in HCP(MD)No.355/2011 Dated:29.04.2011 gb SMA/13.6.2011/4C/2P https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/