Smt.Kusuma G K v. the State of Karnataka
Habeas corpus – Wife's petition for production of her missing husband
Case brief
What is this about?
WPHC No. 99 of 2025, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 08-10-2025; Coram: Anu Sivaraman and Vijaykumar A. Patil (judgment per Anu Sivaraman). Petitioner Kusuma G K sought a writ of habeas corpus under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution directing the respondent police to trace her missing husband Srikanth R. (aged about 30) and produce him before the Court. SPP reported the husband was traced at Madras and does not intend to rejoin the petitioner; writ petition disposed of with all contentions left open. No precedents cited; no monetary award.
What did the court decide?
On the Special Public Prosecutor's submission that the petitioner's husband had been traced at Madras and had proceeded on his own and did not intend to rejoin the petitioner, the Court left all contentions of the parties open to be agitated in appropriate proceedings and disposed of the writ petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus.