High Court Karnataka High Court

Sri Melwin Nitin Lobo vs The State Of Karnataka on 30 September, 2008

Karnataka High Court
Sri Melwin Nitin Lobo vs The State Of Karnataka on 30 September, 2008
Author: S.R.Bannurmath & B.V.Nagarathna
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF' KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE

DATES 'THIS THE 30"' DAY OF SEPTEMBER 

PRESENT'

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R. BANN;)}zyi.a}§*i*é¥   ~

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WRIT' PETFPION N'o;.128"   CORPUS )

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'R, ADV.)

 _'f'E£EfS'I'ATE OF KARNATAKA
. 'l)EPARTMEN'I' OF HOME,
' _v;DHANA SOUDHA,
BY ITS SECRETARY,

SUPERINTENDERF OF POLICE
DAKSHINA KANNABA,
MANGALORE.

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wife Hemalatha forcibly without any 

of his repeated approaches, he is not fiblfg  

reasons for her taking away  J 

2. On issuance!»  the"   

resimlacient Sub»Ir1spectopa-cg  A'  by
learned   also produced
the allege-dz', ¢:1e tenue'. "  police, as the
afleged    the petitioner a
   of  agitations by Hindu

Orga:£1.isatio11sV   conversions, in order to

  detenue, they have taken her

   ;_A-Jigept.   the 4* respondent NGO -~ Prajna

‘ also stated that as there was uncertainty

their age whether minor or major and

appiefierldmg that both are minors, the girl was taken

kept safely with the 4th respondent – Organisation.

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3. Today, the banned counsel for tee

has produced the xerox copies of the

which indicates that both the gaefieoneg T

detenue are major. On -she

that she has voluntarily the
with the pefitioner mu; beet: stay with
him as she is enquiry with
the poiiee, though the police
ttetenue, they refused te
a person out of

the

~ V consideration all these aspects,

‘ it appears that both the alleged

H ” ‘V the petitioner are major and they have

taken the decision to stay together. Hence,

2 * ‘direct the third respondent to release the said Smt.

S1111; Hemalatha and she is permitted to go

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and stay with the petitioner. Aocordillgly, vv*hiI€:_»::_1osing
the writ petition, we permit the petitioxggfi?

Smt. Hemalatha with him.

Writ Petition stands disposééd’ of =