IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC TUESDAY, THE 21ST APRIL 2009 / 1ST VAISAKHA 1931 WP(Crl.).No. 156 of 2009(S) --------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- R.VISWANATHAN, AGED 52 YEARS, S/O. LATE RAGHAVAN, PAZHAVILAKOM HOUSE, KADAYILMUDUMBU, KODUNGANOOR POST, VATTIYOORKAVU VILLAGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.P.KURUVILLA JACOB RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVT. SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS, GOVT. SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, POLICE HEAD QUARTERS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM RANGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. THE S.I. OF POLICE, ATTINGAL POLICE STATION, ATTINGAL POST, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI K.C.SANTHOSH KUMAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/04/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN & ANTONY DOMINIC, JJ. --------------------------------------------- W.P.(Criminal) No.156 of 2009 --------------------------------------------- Dated: APRIL 21, 2009 JUDGMENT Siri Jagan, J. The petitioner has approached this court with this habeas corpus petition alleging that the police is illegally detaining the petitioner's son. 2. The learned Government Pleader on instructions submits that the petitioner's son is a habitual offender and he has been arrested in connection with crime No.129/2009 of Chirayinkeezh police station and he is remanded to judicial custody. That being so, the petitioner's remedy lies in moving for bail for the petitioner's son. Accordingly this writ petition is closed. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE mt/-