R.Sundhararaj v. The Superintendent Of Police

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 03.09.2019 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M.SUNDRESH and The Hon'ble Mr. Justice RMT. TEEKAA RAMAN H.C.P. No. 1728 of 2019 R.Sundhararaj ... Petitioner -vs1.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Tirupur.

2.The Inspector of Police, Kangeyam Police Station, Kangeyam, Tirupur District.

3.Hari ... Respondents Petition 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 detenue/the petitioner's wife Lakshmi, aged about 42, wife of Sundhararajan, before this Court from the illegal custody of the 3rd respondent and set her at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.N.Stalin For Respondents :

Mr.R.Prathap Kumar Addl. Public Prosecutor for R1 and R2

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.] The petitioner is the husband of the detenu. Pursuant to the complaint registered for 'woman missing' in Crime No.398 of 2019 dated 06.06.2019, the present habeas corpus petition has been filed.

2.Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that it is a case of elopement of the detenue with the third respondent. Both of them are missing and efforts are on to secure them. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

3.We are not inclined to keep this petition pending any longer as we do not find any illegal detention involved. Accordingly, the habeas corpus petition stands closed. However, the investigation shall be proceeded with and as and when the detenue is secured, she should be produced before the jurisdictional Magistrate.

s/d- Assistant Registrar(J) True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar mmi/ssm To 1.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Tirupur.

2.The Inspector of Police, Kangeyam Police Station, Kangeyam, Tirupur District.

3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras H.C.P. No. 1728 of 2019 SP(03/10/2019) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/