spb/- 1 wp441-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 441 OF 2011 Mrs. Indu Brijkumar Singh ... Petitioner. V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents. --- Mr. GunaratanSadavarte for the Petitioner. Ms. S.V.Gajare, APP for the State. ----- CORAM : P. V. HARDAS & M.N.GILANI,JJ. DATE : 25TH APRIL, 2011. P.C. 1 This is a writ petition for Habeas Corpus by the mother of the boy, whom, the petitioner states, was forcibly made to marry with the girl aged 15 years and since then the petitioner’s son was not traceable. Vide prayer clause (b) to the petition, the petitioner further prays that action be taken against the concerned for abduction and threat to life for the offence punishable under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act etc.. In respect of the first prayer i.e. issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, the learned APP states that the son of the petitioner and the girl, whom he had married, have been traced. The mother of the bride has been charged for the offence punishable under the Prohibition of the Child Marriage Act and is presently in the custody. The bride i.e. the girl who had eloped with the son of the petitioner is now sent to the Remand Home, Boriwali. The son of the petitioner is presently lodged in Authur Road Jail and he spb/- 2 wp441-11.sxw has been charged for the offence of kidnapping. In that light of the matter, therefore, nothing no reliefs remains in the petition to be adjudicated. Relief in terms of prayer clause (b) to the petition also virtually stands granted to the petitioner in the light of the registration of the offence punishable under provisions of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. 2 The petition is accordingly, dismissed. Notice of Habeas Corpus issued stands discharged. [M.N.GILANI,J.] [P.V. HARDAS, J.]