1 wp-1727-2011 srk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1727 OF 2011 Mr.Anand Bhagwat Malhotra ...Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Sujit Pathak i/b. M/s.ABG Associates for petitioner. Mr.A.S.Gakari, APP for State. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U.D.SALVI, JJ. July 1, 2011. P.C. 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner who alleged that his wife by name Shefali Anand Malhotra was missing from 28th March 2011 along with the couple’s minor son Uday, aged about two years. 2. The Assistant Police Inspector from Kasarvadavali Police Station, 2 wp-1727-2011 Thane has submitted a report to the learned PP and as per the same on 30/3/2011 the statement of Shefali was recorded along with the statement of her parents who are residents of Flat No.G/01, Bulding No.G/10, Phase 8, New Brahmand, Ghodbunder Road, Thane (West). As per the statement of Mrs.Shefali Anand Malhotra, she has left her matrimonial home on her own and due to the ill treatment and harassment and the minor son is with her. She is not inclined to join the company of her husband who is the petitioner before us. 3. In these circumstances, the petitioner’s remedy to bring his wife to the matrimonial home does not lie in a petition for habeas corpus. 4. Hence the petition is dismissed. (U.D.SALVI, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)