Rajakumari v. The State of Tamil Nadu
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Crime No.3 of 2026; girl missing case; AWPS-Kanyakumari; Superintendent of Police Kanyakumari District; abduction allegation against Nandha; elopement of minor; Section 528 BNSS Act, 2023; further investigation; altered FIR; appropriate charges; H.C.P.No.104 of 2026; Division Bench order dated 11.03.2026; Additional Mahila Judge Nagarkovil; statement of detenue before Judicial Magistrate; defacto complainant petition; expedite tracing of missing girl; produce before Judicial Magistrate. Relevance: illustrates disposal of a defacto complainant's request for charge alteration pending securing of the detenue; interplay between habeas corpus directions and alteration of FIR charges.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondents police to expedite the tracing of the missing girl (the petitioner's daughter) and to produce her before the concerned Judicial Magistrate; no direction for immediate alteration of charges/FIR, the Court holding that the question of altering charges would not arise unless and until the detenue is secured.