IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.Q.BARKATH ALI FRIDAY, THE 6TH MAY 2011 / 16TH VAISAKHA 1933 WP(Crl.).No. 229 of 2011(S) --------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SARATH RAJ, AGED 25 YEARS, S/O. K.C.RAJAN, VELAMPARAMBIL, ALAMPALLY, PAMPADI.P.O., KOTTAYAM-686502. BY ADV. SRI.JOHN SEBASTIAN RALPH SRI.K.J.JOSEPH (ERNAKULAM) RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, KERALA STATE, PIN - 689 667. 2. CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CHITTAR CIRCLE, KERALA STATE, PIN - 689 666. 3. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, MOOZHIYAR POLICE STATION, CHITTAR CIRCLE PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689 667. 4. VIJAYACHANDRAN, AGED 55 YEARS, ARUN NIVAS, KOCHUKOIKAL.P.O. SEETHATHODU, PATHANAMTHITTA-689667. (CHITTAR POLICE STATION) MR.BENNY GERVACIS, GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 06/05/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC & P.Q.BARKATH ALI, JJ. ---------------------------------- WP (Crl.) No.229 of 2011 --------------------------------- Dated, this the 6th day of May, 2011 J U D G M E N T Antony Dominic, J. This Writ Petition has been filed on the allegation that Ms.Aneeshamol V, daughter of the 4th respondent, is kept under wrongful confinement by the 4th respondent. According to the petitioner, he and the alleged detenue are classmates and wanted to get married. It is stated that in order to prevent their marriage, she has been kept under the confinement of the 4th respondent. 2. Pursuant to the directions of this Court dated 03/05/2011, the detenue has been produced by the 4th respondent before us and we questioned her. According to the detenue, initially her father was against the marriage and he also wanted to prevent the same. It is also stated that subsequently the 4th respondent has agreed to conduct their marriage and that presently she is not under any wrongful confinement of the 4th respondent or anybody else. Now that the detenue has told us that she is not under any WP(Crl.) No.229/2011 -2- wrongful confinement of the 4th respondent as alleged in the Writ Petition, we close the Writ Petition. (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) (P.Q.BARKATH ALI, JUDGE) jg