B.Laxmi v. The Superintendent of Police,Karimnagar
Case brief
What is this about?
A writ petition seeking a habeas corpus order to produce a missing 15-year-old girl, who escaped from a rescue home, was closed at the admission stage. The Court directed police authorities to intensify search efforts and file status reports.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondents to intensify search efforts and file status reports; Writ petition closed at admission stage without order for return of the missing minor.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA and
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU
WRIT PETITION No. 13289 of 2008
Between: B.Laxmi, W/o.Late Rajaiah Resident of Korem village of Boinpalli Mandal, Karimnagar District.
..... PETITIONER
AND
1 The Superintendent of Police, Karimnagar
2 The S.H.O., Boinpalli, P.S., Karimnagar District
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the High Court should direct intensified search efforts for a missing minor girl after she escaped from a rescue home.
Whether the writ petition regarding the custody of the missing minor girl be closed without an order for release since the child remains at large.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
B. Laxmi
- respondent
Superintendent of Police, Karimnagar
- respondent
S.H.O., Boinpalli
- respondent
S.H.O., Karimnagar I Town
- respondent
Superintendent, Rescue Home (Swadhar Rehabilitation Centre), Karimnagar
- respondent
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Telangana HC
- Decided on
- · July
- Registered
- Case no.
- WP/13289/2008
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