Harchand v. the State of Rajasthan
Case brief
What is this about?
Rajasthan High Court Jodhpur (D.B.) habeas corpus petition 505/2024, order dated 21/01/2025, bench: Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Mr. Justice Madan Gopal Vyas. Petitioner Harchand sought custody of the corpus. GA cum AAG report dated 20.01.2025 showed petitioner and corpus living as live-in partners; corpus recovered and voluntarily wished to live with husband Rinku Choudhary (Mathura, UP). Court took report on record and dismissed the petition. Keywords: habeas corpus, live-in partner, voluntary wish, custody of corpus, dismissed.
What did the court decide?
In view of the report dated 20.01.2025 (recording that the petitioner and the corpus were living together as live-in partners, and that the corpus, upon recovery, expressed her voluntary wish before the police authority to live with her husband Rinku), the Court dismissed the habeas corpus petition seeking custody of the corpus.