1 WP No.8761/2011 15/11/2011 Shri Ajay Bagadiya, learned counsel for the petitioner. Petitioner is also present in person. Shri Manoj Dwivedi, learned Addl. Advocate General for respondent No.1 to 3 with Shri G.R.Goliya, T.I and Shri Mahesh Dube, S.I, Heera Nagar Police Station, Indore. Fourth respondent Shaista who was in the custody of respondent No.5 at Seoni is produced by Shri Mahesh Dube, SI, Heera Nagar who had visited Seoni on the basis of order passed by this Court. Shri Akhlakh Khan, learned counsel for respondent No. 5 to 8 with Respondent No.5 to 7 who are present in person. The petitioner has stated that he is Hindu by caste and Doctor by profession. Respondent No.4 Shaista who is Muslim by caste and is major had married to him on 1/9/2011 in Arya Samaj Mandir, Indore at her free will without any pressure or coercion by performing Hindu rites and customs. Marriage certificate issued by Arya Samaj Mandir has been filed as Annexure P.1. After her marriage, her father and brothers' have forcibly detained her at Seoni. On these allegations, this Court directed the police to produce the Fourth respondent before this Court and the police 2 has produced the Fourth respondent today before us. We have recorded statement of the Fourth respondent Ms. Shaista. She has stated that she is major aged 32 years and that she has married with the petitioner on 1/9/2011. She further stated that she wants to go and live with her husband. She made a categorical statement that she was illegally detained by her father and brothers' and was threatened by them that she and the petitioner will face dire consequences if she will go with the petitioner. She has also stated that she and her husband, if not provided police protection, there is every likelihood of danger to their life as also to the life of her in-laws at the instances of the respondent No.5 to 8. In reply to the aforesaid, learned counsel Shri Akhlakh Khan, appearing for respondent No.5 to 8 and the respondent No.5 to 7 who are present have stated that now as the Fourth respondent Shaista has declared that she is married with the petitioner and she wants to go with him, they have no objection to that. The respondent No.5 to 7 have stated they will not cause any trouble to the Petitioner and Fourth respondent and in-laws of the Fourth respondent. They however stated that they never detained Shaista and that she never informed to them that she had married to the petitioner. On being asked, Shri Mahesh Dube, S.I has stated that the 3 respondent No.5 to 8 created a scene at Seoni and with great difficulty they allowed the Fourth respondent to be produced before the Court. Be that as it may, since the Fourth respondent Shaista is a major aged 32 years and has stated that she wants to go with the petitioner with whom she has stated that she has married, we close these proceedings of Habeas Corpus by directing the Police to allow the Fourth respondent to go with the Petitioner and we direct the Second respondent S.P, Indore to provide adequate protection for a reasonable period to the petitioner, the Fourth respondent Shaista and the Parents of the petitioner. We hope and trust that the respondent No.5 to 8 shall not create any hurdle, shall not threaten or make false complaints against the petitioner and the Fourth respondent. At the same time, we also expect the Petitioner and Fourth respondent that they shall also not make any false allegations or shall threaten the private respondent No. 5 to 8. With the aforesaid directions and observations, these proceedings are closed. (Shantanu Kemkar) (Prakash Shrivastava) JUDGE JUDGE VM