IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M.C.HARI RANI TUESDAY, THE 16TH JUNE 2009 / 26TH JYAISHTA 1931 WP(Crl.).No. 227 of 2009(S) --------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------- P.RAGHAVAN,S/O.PADMANABHAN,AGED 51 YRS, FROM GEETHA BHAVAN,EDAYAN MURI,ARAKKAL VILLAGE, PROPRIETOR PADMAS HOTEL,VAYAKKAL JUNCTION, VAYAKKAL MURI,VALAKOM VILLAGE,KOTTARAKKARA TALUK. BY ADV. SRI. K.SIJU RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTARAKKARA. 2. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTARAKKARA. 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KOTTARAKKARA. 4. RAJU,S/O.LATE SIVARAJAN,AGED 38 YEARS, MULLASSERY MANDIRAM,NEAR POLIKKODU BHARANIKKAVU TEMPLE,VALAKOM VILLAGE, KOTTARAKKARA TALUK. ] BY GOVT.PLEADER SHRI K.J.MOHAMMED ANZAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 16/06/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: R.BASANT & M.C.HARI RANI, JJ. -------------------------------------------------- W.P.(Crl.)No.227 OF 2009 ----------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 16th DAY OF JUNE, 2009 J U D G M E N T Basant, J. The petitioner has come to this Court with the prayer to issue a writ of habeas corpus to search for, trace and produce his daughter Bindu Kumari aged about 30 years and her minor child Athul P.Raju, aged about 10 years. 2. The crux of the allegations/averments in the petition is that the said daughter and grandson of the petitioner are missing from the house of her husband, the 4th respondent and that the petitioner apprehends that his daughter and grandson have disappeared under suspicious circumstances. He apprehended that they were kept in illegal confinement/detention by some one with the connivance of the 4th respondent. 3. This petition was admitted on 9.6.2009. Notice was ordered to the respondents. Today, the alleged detenue Bindu Kumari, daughter of the petitioner has appeared before Court along with the 4th respondent. 4. We ascertained the relevant details from her in open court. She asserts that she is not under any illegal detention or W.P.(Crl)No.227/09 -2- confinement by anyone. She is residing along with her husband, the 4th respondent. The child is also residing with them and the child is now with the mother of the 4th respondent at their native place. There is no dispute or disagreement with her husband, the 4th respondent now. She states that she wants to return from the Court along with the 4th respondent. 5. We are satisfied now that the alleged detenue Bindu Kumari and her son are not under illegal confinement or detention by anyone. We are in these circumstances satisfied that no further directions need be issued in the matter. 6. This Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. Accepting the expression of desire of the alleged detenue Bindu Kumari, she is permitted to leave the Court along with the 4th respondent. R.BASANT, JUDGE. M.C.HARI RANI, JUDGE. dsn