1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 08.12.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU HABEAS CORPUS PETITION(MD).No.1083 of 2011 R.Kariamal : Petitioner Vs. 1.The Superintendent of Police, Dindigul District. 2.The Inspector of Police, Pattiveeranpatti Police Station, Dindigul District. 3.G.Soundrapandi : Respondents PRAYER: Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents 1 and 2 to produce the petitioner's wife namely Alagugnanalakshmi, aged about 35/F, either in person or body before this Court and thereupon set her at liberty from the illegal detention of the third respondent forthwith. For Petitioner : Mr.J.Jeyakumaran For Respondents 1&2 : Mr.A.Ramar,Additional Public Prosecutor O R D E R [Order of the Court was made by S.NAGAMUTHU, J] The petitioner is the husband of one Alagugnanalakshmi, aged 35 years. They got married on 08.03.1998 and they have got a male child, aged seven years. She is also working in a Government Department. However, from 12.11.2011 onwards, she has been found missing. The petitioner had suspicion that the detenue was illegally detained by the third respondent by abducting her. In those circumstances, the petitioner preferred a complaint to the police, but she was not secured. Therefore, he has filed this Habeas Corpus Petition seeking a direction to the respondents 1 and 2 to produce the detenue before this Court and set her at liberty. 2. Today, the second respondent police has produced the detenue. On enquiry, the detenue would submit that she does not like to continue the matrimonial relationship with the petitioner and she wants divorce. For that matter, she has gone out of her matrimonial home and now, she has been residing with her parents. She would further submit that she is also attending to her duty every day from her parental home. Thus, according to the detenue, there is no illegal detention. 3. The third respondent, who is present in Court, would submit that he is not detaining the detenue illegally, as it is alleged in the affidavit. 4. In such view of the matter, we are of the view that since there is https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 no illegal detention, this Habeas Corpus Petition deserves only to be dismissed. Accordingly, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed and the detenue is at liberty to go according to her own volition. SD ASST REGISTRAR(RTI ACT) /TRUE COPY/ SUB ASST REGISTRAR NB To 1.The Superintendent of Police, Dindigul District. 2.The Inspector of Police, Pattiveeranpatti Police Station, Dindigul District. 3.The Addl Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court,Madurai. SB:21/12/2011 2P 4C ORDER MADE IN HABEAS CORPUS PETITION(MD).No.1083 of 2011 08.12.2011 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/