IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH MAY 2008 / 7TH JYAISHTA 1930 WP(C).No. 15158 of 2008(D) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ LALITHA MURALEEDHARAN, AGED 47 YEARS, W/O. MURALEEDHARAN, VENGASSERIL HOUSE, THEKKUMBHAGAM, TRIPUNITHURA, KANAYANNUR TALUK, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.VARGHESE C.KURIAKOSE RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY CHIEF SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM. 2. THE CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, REP. BY ITS CHAIRPERSON, OFFICE OF THE CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE, KAKKANADU. BY GOVT. PLEADER SHRI.I.V.PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/05/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).No.15158 of 2008 ================== Dated this the 28th day of May, 2008 J U D G M E N T The petitioner in this writ petition claims to be the mother of a minor child who has been sexually violated, in respect of which a criminal case has been lodged before the appropriate criminal court. The petitioner filed an application before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court for custody of the child which was forwarded to the 2nd respondent. The petitioner is aggrieved by non-disposal of the petitioner's application. The learned Government Pleader has today made available to me a copy of the order passed by the 2nd respondent in the matter, wherein the petitioner's petition for custody of the child was dismissed. In fact that same was passed on the basis of a report of the Probation Officer. The order makes distressing reading. I do not want to make further comments on the same. Now that the petitioner's application has been disposed of, which is the prayer in the writ petition, it is for the petitioner to get a copy of the order from the 2nd respondent and if so advised, to take further steps against the same. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge 2