IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 22407 of 2008 Between: N. Narayana Reddy S/o. Achi Reddy R/o. Pentapadu Village, Pentapadu Mandal, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintendent of Police, West Godavari District at Eluru. 2 The Circle Inspector of Police, Penugonda Circle, Penugonda, West Godavari District. 3 The Sub-Inspector of Police, Penumantra Mandal, Penumantra, West Godavari District. 4 Tadi Rami Reddy S/o. Subbi Reddy R/o. Sayampalem Village, Unguturu Mandal, West Godavari District. 5 Tadi Vijaya Lakshmi W/o. Rami Reddy R/o. Sayampalem Village, Unguturu Mandal, West Godavari District. 6 Tadi Subbi Reddy S/o. Rami Reddy R/o. Sayampalem Village, Unguturu Mandal, West Godavari District. 7 Tetali Nagendar Reddy @ Gangadhar Reddy S/o. Sathi Reddy R/o. Penumantra Village & Mandal, West Godavari District. 8 Mallidi Koti Reddy S/o. Gangi Reddy R/o. Natla Rameswaram Village, Penumantra Mandal, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ, one in the nature of a Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the oﬃcial respondents 1 to 3 to produce Smt. Varalakshmi, Wife of the petitioner, from the illegal custody of the unoﬃcial respondents 4 to 8 and hand over her to the petitioner forthwith, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:S.SURENDRA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU Writ Petition No.22407 of 2008 Oral Order: (per D.S.R.Varma, J.) Heard Sri S.Surendra Kumar, learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader, representing the learned Advocate General, appearing for respondents 1 to 3. 2. This writ petition is ﬁled seeking to issue a writ of habeas corpus directing the oﬃcial respondents 1 to 3 to produce one Smt. Varalakshmi, wife of the petitioner, from the illegal custody of the unoﬃcial respondents 4 to 8, and hand over her to the petitioner forthwith. 3. The grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that the alleged detenue was detained illegally by respondents 4, 5 and 6, who are no other than her father, mother and brother, respectively. 4. Today, the alleged degenue has been produced before this Court by the learned Assistant Government Pleader. In the open Court, upon being question by us, the alleged detenue stated that she has been living with her parents at her own volition. She further asserted that she was not whisked away by her parents, much less by respondents 6, 7 and 8. 5. From the above statement, it is obvious that the alleged detenue was not illegally detained by respondents 4, 5 and 6. In view of the categorical statement made before us in the open Court, we do not ﬁnd any reason to issue any writ as prayed for. 6. Furthermore, the alleged detenue stated that she is aged about 20 years, which is not in dispute. In such an event, this Court cannot compel the alleged detenue to go along with the petitioner/husband or along with her parents. The alleged detenue, being a major, has every liberty to live in the way only she likes. In view of the said fact, we ﬁnd that there is no illegal detention of the alleged detenue. 7. In the result, the writ petition is dismissed, at the stage of admission. ___________________ JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA ___________________ JUSTICE K.C.BHANU 29th October, 2008. Ak ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSN}