Petition filed under Article 226 seeking habeas corpus for missing son. Court directed police to monitor investigation into the missing person complaint and produce detainee if secured.
Direction to monitor investigation and produce detainee if secured for Magistrate production.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 05.01.2021
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.SIVAGNANAM
H.C.P. NO. 143 OF 2020
N.A.M.Abdhul Lathief
..Petitioner
Vs.
1.The Superintendent of Police, Villupuram, Villupuram District. 2.The Inspector of Police, Ulundhurpettai, Villupuram District. ..Respondents
Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus directing the second respondent to produce the petitioner's son viz., Syed Abudhageer, aged about 44 years in person before this Court and set him at liberty.
For Petitioner : Mr.B.Manimaran For Respondents : Mr.R.Prathap Kumar, Addl. Public Prosecutor ORDER [Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.]
Seeking a direction to the second respondent to produce the petitioner's son viz., Syed Abudhageer, aged about 44 years in person before this Court and to set him at liberty, the present habeas corpus petition has been filed.
2.It is the case of the petitioner that his son went missing on 01.05.2018 and that the police have not taken any action to secure him despite the complaint given in CSR No.1018 of 2019.
3.On instructions, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that on the complaint given by the petitioner, a regular case in Crime No.9 of 2021 has been registered for man missing and investigation is in progress.
4.This Court directs the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ulundurpet Sub Division to monitor the investigation in Crime No.9 of 2021 and keep the petitioner informed about the developments in that case. If the detenu is secured, he shall be produced before the jurisdictional Magistrate under intimation to the petitioner.
5.With the above direction, the habeas corpus petition stands closed.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(CS-IX)
// True Copy//
Sub Assistant Registrar
mmi/nsd
To
1.The Superintendent of Police,
Villupuram, Villupuram District.
2.The Inspector of Police,
Ulundhurpettai, Villupuram District.
3.The Deputy Superintendent of Police,
Ulundurpet Sub Division, Ulundurpet
Villupuram District.
4.The Public Prosecutor,
High Court, Madras.
H.C.P. No. 143 of 2020
JP(CO)
KKV/03/02/2021
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a direction to secure and produce the missing petitioner's son can be issued to investigate the disappearance complaint.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
N.A. Abdhul Lathief
Superintendent of Police, Villupuram
Inspector of Police, Ulundhurpettai
P.N. Prakash
V. Sivagnanam
As recorded by the court registry
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