Smt Rasheda Begum v. The State Of Telangana And 4 Others

HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE RAGHVENDRA SINGH CHAUHAN AND THE HON'BLE Dr. JUSTICE SHAMEEM AKTHER W.P.No.15399 of 2019 Date: 26.07.2019 Between:

Smt. Rasheda Begum

...Petitioner

and The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others.

...Respondents

Counsel for the petitioner: Mr. A. Ravi Shankar Counsel for the respondent Nos.1 to 4: Mr. Santosh Kumar Special G.P.

The Court made the following:

HCJ & Dr.SA, J WP.No.15399 of 2019 Dt: 26.07.2019 ORDER: (per the Hon'ble the Chief Justice Sri Raghvendra Singh Chauhan) Smt. Rasheda Begum, the petitioner, has filed this Habeas Corpus Petition, ostensibly on the ground that her daughter, Ms.Umaima Iqbal, is being illegally detained by the respondent No.5, Mr.Pasupuleti Manoj.

By order dated 24.07.2019, this Court had directed the respondent No.4, the Inspector of Police, Suryapet Police Station, to produce the detenue before this Court.

Consequently, today, Smt.Umaima Iqbal has been produced before this Court.

This Court has spoken to Smt.Umaima Iqbal. She informs this Court that she is 28 years old. She is a doctor by profession. She further informs this Court that during the course of her study, she has met Mr.Pasupuleti Manoj, the respondent No.5. They fell in love with each other; since Manoj is Christian, on 13.07.2019, they have married at Suryapet, according to the Christian customs and rites. She further informs this Court that she is happily living with her husband and her in-laws. There are no threats either to the life of her husband, or herself, or to her in-laws' family. Lastly, she informs this Court that she would like to continue to live with her husband. And she has no desire to return to her parents, or to her parental family.

Considering the fact that Smt.Umaima Iqbal happens to be major, considering the fact that she has expressed her desire to continue to live with the respondent No.5, her custody with the respondent No.5 cannot be termed as an illegal one. Therefore, the respondent No.4 is directed to ensure that Smt.Umaima Iqbal

HCJ & Dr.SA, J WP.No.15399 of 2019 Dt: 26.07.2019 returns safely to the house of the respondent No.5, Mr.Pasupuleti Manoj.

For the reasons stated above, this Court does not find any merit in the present Habeas Corpus Petition. Therefore, it is hereby dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, pending if any, shall also stand dismissed.

________________________________________ (RAGHVENDRA SINGH CHAUHAN, CJ) _____________________________ (Dr. SHAMEEM AKTHER, J) Date: 26.07.2019 va