IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN THURSDAY, THE 23RD OCTOBER 2008 / 1ST KARTHIKA 1930 WP(Crl.).No. 353 of 2008(S) --------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- SURENDRAN, S/O.UMMINI, AGED 60 YEARS, KADAYARA VEEDU, PALLICHAL, BALARAMAPURAM P.O NEYYATTINKARA. BY ADV. SRI.SREEKANTH S.NAIR. RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. PRASANTH, S/O.JANARDHANAN @ AYYAPPAN, AGED 20 YEARS, HOUSE NO.23, WARD NO.8, SINGLE STREET LANE, BALARAMAPURAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT.. 2. JANARDHANAN @ AYYAPPAN, HOUSE NO.23, WARD NO.8, SINGLE STREET LANE, BALARAMAPURAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.. 3. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, BALARAMAPURAM POLICE STATION, BALARAMAPURAM P.O., NEYYATTINK 4. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 5. DETENUE: ------- RESHMA S.S., D/O.SURENDRAN, AGED 19 YEARS, KADAYARA VEEDU, PALLICHAL, BALARAMAPURAM P.O NEYYATTINKARA. R1 AND R2 BY ADV. SRI.THIRUMALA P.K.MANI. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER ADV. SHRI SHYSAN P. MANGUZHA. THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/10/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: KURIAN JOSEPH & K.T. SANKARAN, JJ. ........................................................................ W.P. (Crl.) No. 353 OF 2008 ......................................................................... Dated this the 23rd October, 2008 J U D G M E N T Kurian Joseph, J: The petitioner, along with his wife Suja, is present. Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 and mother of the first respondent are also present. The daughter of the petitioner, who was staying with her parents for two days, as per the interim order of this Court dated 20.10.2008, is also present. Miss Reshma is doing her 2nd Year B.Sc Course in Bio-Technology in the Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram. She submits that she may be permitted to complete her course. The parents of Miss. Reshma submits that they will get an admission for her in the hostel attached to the Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram as desired by Miss. Reshma. Accordingly, we direct Surendran and Suja to take their daughter to the hostel attached to the Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram within a period of one week. The parents shall be the guardians. Without their knowledge and consent, Miss Reshma shall not go out of the hostel. We also direct the hostel warden of the College to permit Miss. Reshma to go only with her parents and nobody else . It is also agreed that there will not be any other visitors other than the parents of Miss. Reshma. 2. On completion of her studies, the parents of Miss. Reshma submit W.P. (Crl.) No. 353 OF 2008 2 that, in case she insists for her marriage with Prasanth, the first respondent, they will not object to it. It is further submitted by them that before completing her studies, they will not take any steps for the marriage of Reshma without her consent and against her will. Both sides submit that in view of the understanding as above, there may not be any further proceedings in the criminal case on the file of Balaramapuram Police Station in respect of missing of Miss. Reshma. In view of the submission as above, we feel that it is only in the interest of both the parties, the further proceedings in the criminal case are to be dropped. Accordingly, we quash the further proceedings in FIR No. 391 of 2008 of Balaramapuram Police Station and also Crime No.434 of 2008 of the same police station. The Writ Petition (Crl.) is disposed of as above. KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE. K.T. SANKARAN, JUDGE. lk