Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, H.C.P.No.1529 of 2025, decided 12.08.2025 (order by M.S. Ramesh J.; bench M.S. Ramesh & V. Lakshminarayanan JJ.). Petitioner P. Saravanan filed a habeas corpus petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking production of his missing grandfather P. Selvaraj (82 years), missing since 24.05.2021; complaint registered as F.I.R.No.79 of 2021 dated 28.05.2021 against non-progress of investigation. Public Prosecutor for Puducherry (Mr. K.S. Mohandoss) produced closure report dated 18.06.2024 stating the person was not traceable. Court held no effective orders were possible and closed the petition with liberty to pursue remedies in accordance with law. Keywords: habeas corpus, missing person, closure report, Puducherry police, Mettupalayam Police Station, writ petition closed.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; petition closed with liberty to the petitioner to work out his remedy in accordance with law.