K.Saraswathi v. Superintendent Of Police
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 23.11.2021 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mrs. Justice R.HEMALATHA H.C.P.No.1885 of 2021 K.Saraswathi .. Petitioner Vs.
1.State represented by The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Chengalpattu District.
2.State represented by The Inspector of Police, Guduvancheri Police Station, Chengalpattu District.
3.Venkatesan .. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's daughter S.Kanmani, aged about 24 years, who may be under illegal custody of the 3rd respondent, before this Court and set her at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Bhagawat Krishna For RR 1 and 2 : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj, Addl. Public Prosecutor
ORDER
[Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] This habeas corpus petition has been filed seeking to direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's daughter S.Kanmani, aged about 24 years, who may be under illegal custody of the 3rd respondent, before this Court and set her at liberty.
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It is the case of the petitioner that her daughter https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
Kanmani, aged about 24 years, went missing from 15.08.2021 and that the police are not taking effective steps to secure her. 3.
On instructions, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that on a complaint given by the petitioner, a case in Guduvancherry Police Station Crime No.871 of 2021 has been registered on 27.08.2021 for 'woman missing' and during the course of investigation, it came to light that Kanmani has eloped with Venkatesan, third respondent herein. Recording the same, this habeas corpus petition stands closed with a direction to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vandalur Sub-Division, to supervise the investigation in Guduvancherry Police Station Crime No.871 of 2021 and keep the petitioner informed of the developments, if any. As and when the detenue Kanmani, aged about 24 years, is secured, she shall be produced before the Judicial Magistrate Court No.II, Chengalpattu, under intimation to the petitioner. On such production, the learned Magistrate shall pass appropriate orders with regard to custody in accordance with law. Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar nsd To 1.The Judicial Magistrate No.II, Chengalpattu.
2.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vandalur Sub-Division.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Chengalpattu District.
4.The Inspector of Police, Guduvancheri Police Station, Chengalpattu District.
5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
+1cc to Mr.R.Bhagawat Krishna, Advocate, S.R.No.60977 H.C.P.No.1885 of 2021 KG(CO) SB(06/12/2021) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/