AJN 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1405 OF 2009 Mr. Punit Vijay Kumar Gupta ... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents Mr. A.M. Saraogi for the petitioner. Ms. P.H. Kantharia, A.P.P. for the State. Ms. Shaila R. Panday for respondent 2. CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & R.G. KETKAR, JJ. DATED : 22ND JUNE, 2009. P.C.:- 1. This is a habeas corpus petition. The petitioner’s case is that his wife Ruchita is illegally detained by her mother – respondent 2 herein. 2. Pursuant to the notice issued by us, Ruchita is produced in our court. We have interviewed Ruchita. AJN 2 Ruchita is major. She told us that she does not want to stay with the petitioner. When we asked her whether she is making this statement under any threat, coercion or pressure, she answered in the negative. She stated that she is staying with her mother on her own free will. 3. We have also interviewed the petitioner in our chamber. The petitioner and Ruchita have also met in our chamber. Since Ruchita is produced in our court and she is major and she has told us that she is on her own free will staying with her mother, the present petition has worked itself out. The petition is disposed of. [SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [R.G. KETKAR, J.]