1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 28.09.2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.P.S.JANARTHANA RAJA and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE ARUNA JAGADEESAN Habeas Corpus Petition (MD) No.826 of 2011 Uma, W/o.Muthukannu ..Petitioner Vs. 1.The Superintendent of Police, Pudukkottai District,Pudukkottai. 2.The Sub-Inspector of Police, Karambakudi Police Station, Pudukkottai District. 3.Raja, S/o.Karuppiah .. Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus directing the 1st and 2nd respondents to produce the body and person of the petitioner's minor daughter M.Ranjitha, aged about 17 years, before this Court, from the illegal detention of the 3rd respondent and to hand over her custody to the petitioner. For Petitioner :Mr.M.Suresh For Respondents :Mr.C.Ramesh, 1 & 2 Addl.Public Prosecutor. For Respondent-3 :Mr.V.Ravi ORDER (Order of the Court was made by P.P.S.JANARTHANA RAJA,J) The petitioner is the mother of the minor detenue by name M.Ranjitha, aged about 17 years. Alleging that on 11.09.2011 the 3rd respondent has kidnapped her minor daughter and kept her under illegal detention, the petitioner has filed this habeas corpus petition seeking for a direction to respondents 1 and 2 to secure and produce her daughter before this Court. 2.Though the matter was not in the regular list, on the mentioning made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detenue girl has been secured and the Police is producing her before this Court today, the matter is taken-up for hearing by way of special list. 3.When the matter is called, the 2nd respondent police produced the minor detenue Ranjitha before this Court. We interacted with the detenue. She stated that she is willing to go with her parents who are present in the Court. The petitioner and his husband, who are also https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 present in the Court, are willing to take their daughter and also the 3rd respondent, who is said to have married the detenue. 4.In view of the statements made by the detenue as well as her parents, the custody of the minor detenue is handed over to her parents. Consequently, the habeas corpus petition is closed as nothing further remains to be adjudicated. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(RTI Act) /TRUE COPY/ Sub Assistant Registrar To: 1.The Superintendent of Police, Pudukkottai District, Pudukkottai. 2.The Sub-Inspector of Police, Karambakudi Police Station, Pudukkottai District. 3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. Order in HCP(MD)No.826/2011 Dated:28.09.2011 gb PA/11.10.2011/2P/4C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/