K.Marimuthu v. The State of Tamil Nadu
Case brief
What is this about?
H.C.P.(MD) No.1023 of 2025, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, decided 16.09.2025 by C.V.Karthikeyan, J. (author) and R.Vijayakumar, J. Husband K.Marimuthu sought a writ of habeas corpus under Article 226 for production of his wife K.Pothumponnu (aged about 20), alleged missing from 28.07.2025; FIR in Crime No.70 of 2025 under caption 'woman missing' at Namana Samuthiram Police Station, Pudukkottai District. Additional Public Prosecutor Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar mentioned that the detenu had been traced. The Court enquired with the detenu, who had left the marital house after a dispute with the petitioner/husband and chose to go with her parents. As the detenu was traced and in her parents' custody out of her own wish, no further directions were required and the habeas corpus petition was closed.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; the habeas corpus petition was closed as the detenu had been traced and was in the custody of her parents out of her own wish.