Shahreen v. the Govt. of NCT of Delhii & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, W.P.(CRL) 4139/2025 & CRL.M.A. 37320/2025, decided 15.12.2025, coram Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain, JJ. Habeas corpus under Article 226 Constitution of India read with Section 528 BNSS 2023 for production/release of detenue Ms. Laxmi at instance of petitioner Shahreen; respondents Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. (counsel Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel (Crl.), with Priyam Aggarwal, Abhinav Arya, Aryan Sachdeva; Insp. Manish Bhati, PS Bhlaswa Dairy). Detenue present in Court, aged 21, educated up to 8th standard, willingly residing with husband; held major and competent to take independent decisions; no further order required; writ petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
The detenue, produced in Court, stated that she is 21 years of age and has studied up to 8th standard. ¶12