IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 16TH JUNE 2008 / 26TH JYAISHTA 1930 WP(Crl.).No. 192 OF 2008(S) PETITIONER: ------------ M.V.JAMES, S/O. VARKEY, AGED 60 YEARS MANGALI, MOOKKANNOOR 683 577. BY ADV. SRI.SAIBY JOSE KIDANGOOR RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME ,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ANGAMALI POLICE STATION, ANGAMALI. GOVT. PLEADER SMT. M.K. PUSHPALATHA THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 16/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(CRL.) 192/2008 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 TRUE COPY OF THE COMPLAINT PREFERRED BY THE PETITIONER TO THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED 5.6.2008. // TRUE COPY // P.S. TO JUDGE. knc/- P.R. RAMAN & T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JJ. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(CRL) NO. 192 OF 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = DATED THIS, THE 16TH DAY OF JUNE, 2008. J U D G M E N T Raman, J. This habeas corpus writ petition is filed by a father alleging that his daughter Ms. Sigi James is under the illegal custody of one Sugathan whose whereabouts are not known to him. The girl was found missing from 4.6.2008 and thereafter her whereabouts are not known, petitioner submits. 2. Pursuant to the notice issued, the alleged detenue Sigi James appeared before us. She stated that she is aged 24 years, that she studied up to M.Com., that she studied for B.Com at Angamali and thereafter, she continued her Post Graduation studies at Delhi, that after completing the same, she came back to Angamali and that she is in love with one Sugathan who is known to her for the past one year. According to her, Sugathan is residing two kms. away from the residence of the petitioner. 3. We have interacted with Sugathan also. We understood that the alleged detenue Sigi married Sugathan on 14.6.2008 which was advertised in the Deshabhimani Daily dated 14.6.2008 with photographs of both of :2: them. The advertisement is also shown to us. Now after the marriage both of them are residing in her matrimonial house. Sugathan's parents have also accepted their marriage. Sigi submitted that she, being a married woman now, wants to go along with her husband. In the above circumstances, we find that Ms. Sigi is not under the illegal custody of anybody as alleged in the writ petition. Accordingly, this writ petition is closed. P.R. RAMAN, (JUDGE) T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, (JUDGE) knc/-