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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED : 17.07.2019
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SATHYANARAYANAN
AND
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI
H.C.P(MD)No.575 of 2019
Pandiarajan … Petitioner
Vs.
1.The Superintendent of Police,
Ramnad District.
2.The Inspector of Police,
B2, Bazaar Police Station,
Ramnad District.
3.Nagalakshmi … Respondents
Prayer : Petition filed under SectionArticle 226 of the Constitution of India, to
issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, directing the respondents to produce the
detenu or her corpus namely Muneeswari, W/o Pandiarajan, female,
aged about 24 years before this Court and set her at liberty forthwith.
For Petitioner : Mr.A.Uthayakumar
For Respondents : Mr.K.Dinesh Babu
Additional Public Prosecutor
for R.1 and R.2
:Mr.J.M.Hassanul Bazari
for R.3
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ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by M.SATHYANARAYANAN,J)
The petitioner is the husband of the detenu viz.,
Tmt.Muneeswari, aged about 24 years and according to him, both of
them were love with each other and got married and subsequently, it
was registered in the office of the Joint Registrar, Ramanathapuram,
vide marriage serial No.64 of 2018. The petitioner, alleging illegal
custody and detention of the detenu at the hands of the third
respondent viz., the mother of the detenu, came forward to file this
Habeas Corpus Petition.
2. The Habeas Corpus Petition was entertained on 01.07.2019
and the matter is taken up today, for the reason that the detenu is
produced before this Court. This Court has interacted with the detenu
and she would admit the factum of marriage between her and the
petitioner and she has been subjected to physical and verbal abuse at
the hands of the petitioner and unable to bear with the same, she went
back to parental home and she also instituted a proceeding for divorce
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in H.M.O.P.No.110 of 2019, on the file of the Court of Subordinate
Judge, Ramanathapuram, under Section 13-1(ia) of the Hindu Marriage
Act.
3. The learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner would
submit that the factum of the pendency of the divorce petition has not
been disclosed by him and prays for appropriate orders.
4. The learned Counsel appearing for the detenu would
submit that the petitioner and the detenu are living separately for the
past one year and having aware of the matrimonial discards, the
petitioner has deliberately suppressed the divorce proceeding and
hence, prays for dismissal of the Habeas Corpus Petition, with
exemplary costs.
5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the
State would state that based on the complaint given by the petitioner,
C.S.R.No.118 of 2019 has been assigned and the enquiry is on.
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6. A perusal and consideration of the materials placed,
especially, the statement of the detenu, would prima facie disclose that
there appears to be a matrimonial discard between the petitioner and
the detenu and she also left the company of the petitioner and started
to live with her parents for the past one year and also initiated divorce
proceedings in H.M.O.P.No.110 of 2019, which is also pending on the
file of the Court of Subordinate Judge, Ramanathapuram and having
received the summons, he also entered appearance through his
Advocate and he filed this Habeas Corpus Petition suppressing the said
fact. The petitioner deliberately suppressed the factum of the pendency
of the divorce proceedings and that apart, the detenu, being the major,
also expressed her disinclination to live with the petitioner.
7. In the result, the Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed. The
detenu is at liberty to take a call with regard to her future and well
being.
8. The petitioner, having deliberately suppressed the material
facts of the pendency of the divorce proceedings, he should be mulcted
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with costs and consequences. Accordingly, a sum of Rs.5,000/-(Rupees
Five Thousand only) is imposed on the petitioner, which is payable by
way of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of the Additional Registrar
General of this Court, on or before 31.07.2019 and the same shall be
spent by the said official for providing materials to the Siddha Medical
Centre, attached to this Bench.
9. Call on 01.08.2019, for reporting compliance.
[M.S.N.J.,] [B.P.J.,]
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Index :Yes/No
Internet :Yes/No
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Note: The Registry is directed to mark
a copy of this order to the Additional Registrar General,
Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.
To
1.The Superintendent of Police,
Ramnad District.
2.The Inspector of Police,
B2, Bazaar Police Station,
Ramnad District.
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M.SATHYANARAYANAN,J.
AND
B.PUGALENDHI,J.
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3.The Additional Public Prosecutor,
Madurai Bench of Madras High Court,
Madurai.
4.The Additional Registrar General,
Madurai Bench of Madras High Court,
Madurai.
H.C.P(MD)No.575 of 2019
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