Husband filed habeas corpus petition alleging his wife was missing. The detenue was produced through video conferencing and stated she had married another person, was pregnant, and refused to return to or meet the petitioner. The court found she was not missing and closed the petition.
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HCP(MD). No.1330 of 2025
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
Dated : 27/11/2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR
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Periyasamy ... Petitioner/Husband of detenue Vs.
2.The Inspector of Police, Tiurnelveli Town Police Station, Tirunelveli. ... Respondents
PRAYER : This petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, directing the respondents to produce the person or body of the detenue namely Chitra wife of Periyasamy @ Durai aged 21 years before this Court and set her at liberty.
For Petitioner : Mr.J.Sivaram For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor
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ORDER
(Order of the court was made by C.V.KARTHIKEYAN., J.)
This petition has been filed by the husband complaining that his wife Chithra whom he married on 20.11.2024 had been missing on an from 16.09.2025. He stated that at that time when she left, she wore 10 sovereigns of gold jewels and other ornaments and she was having a cell phone. In this connection, he had lodged a complaint on 06.11.2025 before the second respondent.
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is Chithra and she also stated that she had married another individual by name Saravanan in a Temple on 15.08.2025 and she is now in the family way and that the father of the child in the womb is the said Saravanan.
Chithra 20/25, W/o Saravanan, 1/12, Ayya Kannu Compound, Near Narayanasamy Kovil Street, Sasthakarai, Kolachal (P.O), Kanniyakumari District (Cell No.93638 77270)
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(C.V.K., J. ) (R.V., J) 27.11.2025
CM
To,
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C.V.KARTHIKEYAN., J and R.VIJAYAKUMAR., J.
CM
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Date : 27/11/2025
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the detenue Chithra was being unlawfully confined and should be produced and set at liberty.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Periyasamy
The Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, Tirunelveli
The Inspector of Police, Tiurnelveli Town Police Station, Tirunelveli
C.V.Karthikeyan
R.Vijayakumar
As recorded by the court registry
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