HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.S. APPA RAO W.P.No.29239 of 2011 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) This writ of Habeas Corpus is filed by the petitioner to direct the Respondent Nos.3 and 4 to produce the detenue who is his wife by name Smt. Kona Varalakshmi, said to be in the illegal custody of Respondent No.4. 2. The petitioner, Respondent No.4 and his daughter (detenue) are present today before this Court, and the sworn statement of the detenue Smt. Kona Varalakshmi is recorded. In the statement, she stated that she married the petitioner on 14-08-2010 at Visakhapatnam and thereafter she left for Vijayawada on 19-11-2011 and reached Vijayawada on 20-11-2011 and met the petitioner and immediately she left his company on 21-11-2011 and presently staying at her parents house at Visakhapatnam. She further stated that she filed a petition in O.P.G.R.No.8265 of 2011 on the file of the Family Court, Visakhapatnam, for divorce, and also lodged a complaint before the V Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam, which was registered as F.I.R.No.511 of 2011 dated 03-11-2011 under Section 498-A of IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. She further stated that her original certificates of the educational qualifications viz., S.S.C., Intermediate, and Nursing Course are with the petitioner and if the petitioner returns back those certificates, she will withdraw the criminal case and say no objection for divorce before the Court. 3. The petitioner agreed to handover the said certificates to the learned counsel for the Respondent No.4 herein on production of the withdrawal proceedings of the said criminal case from the concerned police station. The petitioner further stated that he will say no objection before the concerned Family Court for granting divorce. 4. Therefore, as the detenue is produced before this Court and as the petitioner and the detenue are majors, the custody of the detenue by her parents is not an illegal custody. 5. Recording the above statements made by the petitioner and the detenue, the writ petition is closed. No costs. _______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J _______________ K.S. APPA RAO, J Date: 08-11-2011 YCR