-1- Habeas Corpus No.131/2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH, JAIPUR O R D E R D.B. Civil Habeas Corpus Petition No.131 of 2010 Mudit Pareek son of Shri Mahesh Pareek VERSUS State of Rajasthan & Others Dat e of Order :::: 27.10.2010 Hon'ble Mr. J ust ic e Dalip Singh Hon'ble Mr. J ust ic e S.S. K ot hari Mr. Mahesh Gupta, Counsel for the Petitioner Mr. Rajendra Yadav, Govt. Advocate for the State. Mr. Ashish Prabhakar, C.O. Kotwali (North) present in-person. **** By the Court : Heard learned counsel for the parties. This petition has been filed by Mudit Pareek son of Shri Mahesh Pareek seeking the production and custody of Kumari Pooja with whom he is alleged to have entered into matrimony and a certificate issued by the Registrar of Marriages has been placed on record as Annexure-3. Notice of this petition was given to the respondents in pursuance of which the respondents have produced Kumari Pooja before the Court. Kumari Pooja was living with her father Ram Lal Gurjar, respondent No.3 and his family. Ram Lal Gurjar is also present along with his wife. On being asked by the Court Kumari Pooja has expressed her desire to live with the petitioner – Mudit Pareek, who is present in the Court along with his father Shri Mahesh -2- Habeas Corpus No.131/2010 Pareek. As per the evidence on record i.e. mark-sheet issued by the Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan for the Secondary School Examination, 2006 the date of birth of Kumari Pooja is 08.06.1991, which makes her a major as of today. Since, Kumari Pooja has expressed her desire to go and live with the petitioner–Mudit Pareek, this Court while disposing of this petition on being satisfied about the production of Kumari Pooja direct that Kumari Pooja is free to proceed from this Court in the manner she likes and the place of her choice. This petition is accordingly disposed of as aforesaid. (S.S. Kothari) J. (Dalip Singh) J. Ashok/