Munti Devi v. the State of NCT of Delhi and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(CRL) 3808/2025 | High Court of Delhi | habeas corpus writ for production and custody restoration of missing minor daughter | Article 226 Constitution read with S.528 BNSS 2023 | FIR No. 0598/2025 dated 03.10.2025 | minor traced 29.11.2025, medical examination revealed pregnancy | produced before Child Welfare Committee | shelter home Hari Nagar | Respondent No. 4 arrested, remanded to judicial custody | minor expressed wish to stay with parents | directed handover to petitioner-mother | petition disposed of 03.12.2025 | Bench: Vivek Chaudhary & Manoj Jain | Counsel: D D Tripathi (petitioner); Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel with SI Girdhari Lal (State/NCT of Delhi).
What did the court decide?
Direction that the petitioner's minor daughter (xxxxx), traced on 29.11.2025 and housed in a shelter home in Hari Nagar, be handed over to the petitioner (her mother).