1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 19.08.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.P.S.JANARTHANA RAJA and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE ARUNA JAGADEESAN Habeas Corpus Petition(MD)No.699 of 2011 V.Chinnappa .. Petitioner Vs. 1.The State represented by The Superintendent of Police, Madurai District, Madurai. 2.The Sub-Inspector of Police, Alanganallur Police Station, Alanganallur, Madurai District. 3.Krishnan Ashari 4.Anand 5.Latha 6.Mahendran 7.Saranya .. Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents 1 and 2 to secure and produce the detenue or body of the detenue namely C.Chandrika, D/o.V.Chinnappa, aged about 21 years who is under the illegal custody of respondents 3 to 7, before this court and set her at liberty. For petitioner : Mr.B.Prahlad Ravi for M/s.Hall Mark Associates For respondents : Mr.C.Ramesh, Addl.Public Prosecutor for R1 & R2 ORDER (Order of the Court was made by ARUNA JAGADEESAN, J.) This Habeas Corpus Petition is filed by the petitioner to direct the respondents 1 and 2 to secure and produce his daughter/the detenue, by name C.Chandrika, aged about 21 years, before this Court and set her at liberty, alleging that the detenue is under the illegal custody of respondents 3 to 7. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 2.The petitioner is the father of the detenue-Chandrika, aged about 21 years. According to the petitioner, the detenue is his fourth daughter and he fixed her marriage; that the engagement was also held on 10.07.2011 in the bridegroom's house; that all of a sudden, on 08.08.2011, she went out of the house and did not return. The petitioner suspects that the respondents 3 to 7 would have abducted her daughter along with 15 sovereigns of jewellery and a cash amount of Rs.1 lakh. The petitioner made a complaint to the second respondent-Police on 09.08.2011 and also submitted a representation to the first respondent-Police. Since no effective steps were taken to trace his daughter, the petitioner has come forward before this Court by way of filing the present Habeas Corpus Petition. 3.Today, the detenue-Chandrika and the petitioner appeared before us. When we enquired, the detenue-Chandrika stated before us that she loved the fourth respondent-Anand for three years and she got married to him. She further stated that she is not under the illegal custody of any one. She also expressed her unwillingness to go along with the petitioner/her father. 4.The detenue-Chandrika is a major. From the statement given by her, it appears that she was not abducted by any one. Therefore, she is not under the illegal custody of any one much less the respondents 3 to 7. Further she stated that she want to go only along with the fourth respondent/her husband, and not willing to go along with the petitioner/her father. Under the circumstances, recording the statement of the detenue-Chandrika, the Habeas Corpus Petition is closed, as nothing further remains to be considered. Sd/- Assistant Registrar (A.S.) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The State represented by The Superintendent of Police, Madurai District, Madurai. 2.The Sub-Inspector of Police, Alanganallur Police Station, Alanganallur, Madurai District. 3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. KM akm/29.8.11 /2p-4c/ HCP(MD)No.699 of 2011 19.08.2011 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/