M.Kasbar v. The State of Tamilnadu
Case brief
What is this about?
H.C.P.(MD) No.120 of 2025, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, decided 07.02.2025 by Dr. Justice G. Jayachandran and Ms. Justice R. Poornima. Husband's habeas corpus petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India alleging wife Jenis (22) and daughter Abisha (2) were illegally detained by the wife's mother, Amul Mary (R4); respondents 1-3 were police officials of Trichy District (counsel: P. Pratheesh for petitioner; E. Antony Sahaya Prabahar, Additional Government Pleader, for R1-R3). Detenues produced; wife found willing to rejoin petitioner; petitioner absent for two years and had suppressed facts; petition dismissed. Keywords: habeas corpus, illegal custody, wife, mother, marital reunion, dismissal.
What did the court decide?
On interaction with the fourth respondent, the Court found that the petitioner had not visited his wife and children for the past two years and had resorted to filing the habeas corpus petition suppressing several facts.