Tapan Barman v. the Secretary Department of Home and Hill Affairs and Ors.
Habeas corpus – Petition by husband regarding whereabouts of wife
Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court, Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri (Appellate Side), W.P.A. (H) 4 of 2025, Tapan Barman v. The Secretary, Department of Home and Hill Affairs, Government of West Bengal & Ors., decided 02.08.2025 (Coram: Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J. and Uday Kumar, J.). Habeas corpus petition concerning the petitioner's wife, Smt. Sujata Barman, disposed of as infructuous after her statement under Section 183 BNSS that she went willingly with Sri Tapas Kundu; investigating agency left free to continue the investigation.
What did the court decide?
There is no scope of passing further directions in the habeas corpus petition, since the whereabouts of the wife of the petitioner have clearly been disclosed. ¶11