AJN 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.181 OF 2010 Yogesh Keshav Jadhav ... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents Mr. Ganesh K. Sovani for the petitioner. Mr. P.A. Pol, Public Prosecutor for the State. Mr. Shashi Pandey for respondent 2. CORAM: MRS. RANJANA DESAI & MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATED : 5TH FEBRUARY, 2010. P.C.:- 1. This is a habeas corpus petition. The case of the petitioner is that Ms. Neha Srivastava is his wife and she has been illegally detained by respondent 2 at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Pursuant to the notice issued by us, Ms. Neha Srivastava is produced in the court. We have interviewed the petitioner as well as Ms. Neha Srivastava. Ms. Neha Srivastava has told us that she does not wish to AJN 2 stay with the petitioner. She has stated that she has been threatened by the petitioner and his family. According to her, her life is in danger. She refused to go with the petitioner. According to her, she is not married to the petitioner. We do not want to express any opinion on this. Ms. Neha Srivastava is a major. She has stated that she is making this statement on her own free will and she is not coerced to make any statement before us. Since Neha does not wish to stay with the petitioner, we cannot force her to do so. Since, Ms. Neha Srivastava is brought to the court and she is safe and sound, this habeas corpus petition has become infructuous. However, this will not prevent the petitioner from adopting appropriate matrimonial proceedings if he so desires. We have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the matter. 2. The petition is disposed of as infructuous. [MRS. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.]