Dismissed¶14
Mohammad Vaseem and Another v. State of Uttar Pradesh and 4 Others
Habeas Corpus – Maintainability
Allahabad HCHABC/199/2026
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Habeas Corpus Writ Petition No. - 199 of 2026, Mohammad Vaseem v. State of U.P. and 4 others, decided by Hon'ble Harvir Singh, J. on March 18, 2026. Husband's habeas corpus petition for release of wife from alleged custody of her father and brother at her parental house dismissed as not maintainable; adult married corpus residing with parents cannot be presumed to be in illegal or forcible custody; petitioners left free to pursue efficacious alternative remedy under law.
What did the court decide?
A habeas corpus petition is not maintainable where the corpus is staying in her parental house with her parents; the petitioners are at liberty to seek the efficacious alternative remedy as provided under law. ¶13