:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO.2496 OF 2008 PETITION NO.2496 OF 2008 PETITION NO.2496 OF 2008 Munnalal Gulabchand Gupta ..Petitioner V/s The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent Mr.P.N. Kulkarni for the Petitioner Mrs. M.M. Deshmukh, APP for the State CORAM : S.B.MHASE & A.A. SAYED JJ. DATE : 15TH DECEMBER, 2008 P.C. 1. The girl Sangita Munnalal Gupta aged around 17 years has been produced before this Court by Mr.P.J. Abdagiri, P.I., D.N.Nagar Police Station. It is reported that she herself had appeared in the police station. We enquired with the girl. She stated that she had herself stayed out of the house. However she was in love with Firoz Husain Shaikh, who is residing adjoining to her house. Initially she was not ready to go with her parents apprehending that they will beat her. But the parents viz. father and mother are present before this Court and they had talk with :2: Sangita and thereafter Sangita has told us that she is ready to go with her parents. Even otherwise she is 17 years of old and under the guardianship of her parents. After her appearance before the police station she was kept in the Rescue Home Umarkhadi at Dongri. She has now expressed her desire to go with her parents. We are inclined to give her custody to her parents. However, we direct the parents to file an undertaking to this Court that they will lookafter Sangita with proper manner and especially they will not beat her and unless and until she completes 18 years of her age they will not marry her with any one. They will also undertake to the Court that till she completes 18 years age she will not be taken to Uttar Pradesh and they will keep her within the jurisdiction of D.N. Nagar Police Station. The Child Welfare Committee, is directed to supervise the residence of Sangita and the Welfare Officer of Child Welfare Committee is directed to visit her residence at least once in a week and have a dialogue with Sangita till Sangita completes 18 years of age. We hand over the custody of Sangita to the parents. The parents are directed to execute the receipt for the :3: same to the D.N. Nagar Police Station and also to the Court. 2. The Registrar (Judicial) to communicate this order to the Child Welfare Committee immediately. ( A.A. SAYED, J.) A.A. SAYED, J.) A.A. SAYED, J.) (S.B. (S.B. (S.B. MHASE, J.) MHASE, J.) MHASE, J.)