BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED:15.11.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU Habeas Corpus Petition(MD)No.436 of 2011 Sumathi :Petitioner -Vs- 1.The Superintendent of Police, Thanjavur District, Thanjavur. 2.The Inspector of Police,Kumbakonam Taluk Police Station,Kumbakonam. 3.R.Kannan 4.T.Manoharan :Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents to produce the body of the petitioner's husband namely Balu, aged 39 years, before this Court, and set him at liberty. For petitioner : Mr.A.John Vincent For respondents : Mr.A.Ramar, Addl.Public Prosecutor for R1 and R2 ORDER (Order of the Court was made by S.NAGAMUTHU, J.) The petitioner is the wife of the alleged detenu-Balu, aged 39 years According to the petitioner, he had been found missing from 06.11.2010. In this regard, the petitioner preferred a complaint to the second respondent and a case has been registered in Crime No.229 of 2011 under the head “man missing” and the matter is being investigated. In these circumstances, the petitioner has come up with the present Habeas Corpus Petition seeking a direction to produce the detenu-Balu before this Court and to set him at liberty. 2.The second respondent has filed a Status Report dated 08.11.2011, wherein he has narrated the investigation done so far. He has also stated that, because the petitioner had illicit intimacy with one Sathish, the alleged detenu got distressed and went out of the house on his own, to Delhi. It is further stated that steps are being taken to locate Mr.Balu The said statements are recorded. 3.Since the investigation is being done by the second respondent- police as stated in the Status Report and substantial progress has also been made, we are of the considered view that no further orders are required to be passed in the Habeas Corpus Petition and accordingly the same deserves to be dismissed, hoping that the Investigating Officer will do the investigation expeditiously and find out the whereabouts of Mr.Balu. 4.In the result, the Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed. SD/- Deputy Registrar (Writs) / TRUE COPY / Assistant Registrar To: 1.The Superintendent of Police, Thanjavur District, Thanjavur. 2.The Inspector of Police,Kumbakonam Taluk Police Station,Kumbakonam. 3.The Additional Public Prosecutor,Madurai Bench of Madras High Court,Madurai KM HCP(MD)No.436 of 2011 RP/02.12.2011/1P/4C. 15.11.2011. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/