{"id":165214,"date":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/geetha-m-vs-the-circle-inspector-of-police-on-1-october-2009"},"modified":"2018-05-30T06:40:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T01:10:54","slug":"geetha-m-vs-the-circle-inspector-of-police-on-1-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/geetha-m-vs-the-circle-inspector-of-police-on-1-october-2009","title":{"rendered":"Geetha M. vs The Circle Inspector Of Police on 1 October, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Geetha M. vs The Circle Inspector Of Police on 1 October, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(Crl.).No. 300 of 2009(S)\n\n\n1. GEETHA M., D\/O.KUNHUKUTTAN,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,\n\n3. THE SUPERINTENDENT,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.BABU S. NAIR\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.K.MOHANAKANNAN\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice R.BASANT\nThe Hon'ble MRS. Justice M.C.HARI RANI\n\n Dated :01\/10\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n               R.BASANT & M.C. HARI RANI,JJ\n\n        ==============================\n\n                 W.P.(CRL)NO. 300 OF 2009\n\n          ============================\n\n           DATED THIS THE 1ST OCTOBER 2009\n\n                           JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
Basant,J.\n<\/p>\n
     The petitioner, a friend of the alleged detenue has come to<\/p>\n
this Court for issue of a writ of habeas corpus to cause the<\/p>\n
production of the alleged detenue and to set her at liberty. This<\/p>\n
order must be read in continuation of the orders passed by this<\/p>\n
Court from 29-7-2009 and resting with the last order dated<\/p>\n
30-9-2009.\n<\/p>\n
     2. The crux of the averments in the petition is that the<\/p>\n
alleged detenue, Deepthi, a girl aged 22 years – she having been<\/p>\n
born on 27-12-1987, is being illegally detained and confined at<\/p>\n
the Mahila Mandiram, Manjeri. Such detention is against her will<\/p>\n
and desire.   As per the averments in the petition, the alleged<\/p>\n
detenue had some grievances that she was being molested by<\/p>\n
her brother-in-law; that her parents were not heeding to her<\/p>\n
WPCrl.300\/2009                 -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
complaints; she was assaulted by her father, she complained to<\/p>\n
the Protection Officer seeking action against them. She was<\/p>\n
admitted to the hostel and later given protective accommodation<\/p>\n
at the Mahila Mandiram; that she was forced to withdraw her<\/p>\n
complaint against her brother-in-law and father and that her<\/p>\n
detention    in the  Mahila   Mandiram     amounted      to   illegal<\/p>\n
confinement. Since the alleged detenue had no one to protect<\/p>\n
her interest, the petitioner who claimed to be a friend of the<\/p>\n
alleged detenue had taken up her cause. The petitioner moved<\/p>\n
the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Manjeri complaining about<\/p>\n
the illegal detention of the alleged detenue at the Mahila<\/p>\n
Mandiram and sought orders.        The learned C.J.M. by Ext.P2<\/p>\n
order dismissed the said application. It is thereafter that the<\/p>\n
petitioner came to this Court with this petition for issue of a writ<\/p>\n
of habeas corpus.\n<\/p>\n
            3. When this petition was filed on 28-7-2009, only<\/p>\n
respondents 1 to 3 were        arrayed as parties.      Later, the<\/p>\n
Protection Officer, Manjeri, who had     allegedly facilitated the<\/p>\n
admission     of the alleged detenue at Mahila Manidram was<\/p>\n
arrayed as the 4th respondent. Subsequently the parents of the<\/p>\n
WPCrl.300\/2009                -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
alleged detenue got themselves impleaded as additional<\/p>\n
respondents 5 and 6.\n<\/p>\n
     4. We interacted with the alleged detenue.      The alleged<\/p>\n
detenue stated before us categorically that she is being detained<\/p>\n
at the Mahila Mandiram against her will and desire.     She was<\/p>\n
produced before this Court on 4-8-2009. We interacted with the<\/p>\n
parties and made efforts to induce the parties to come to a<\/p>\n
harmonious settlement. According to the alleged detenue, her<\/p>\n
life with the parents was a source of agony and misery for her.<\/p>\n
Her brother-in-law had misbehaved to her. She had complained<\/p>\n
about this to her father. Instead of protecting her, her father<\/p>\n
allegedly assaulted her and she suffered in juries. She did not<\/p>\n
want to return along with her parents.    She is aged 22 years.<\/p>\n
She is a B.Sc.Microbiology graduate. She has already worked<\/p>\n
and earned some amounts by tuition given to students. She did<\/p>\n
not want return with the parents.     She wanted the court to<\/p>\n
permit her to reside in some hostel, secure some employment<\/p>\n
and permit her to stand      on her own legs and to lead a<\/p>\n
respectable life.\n<\/p>\n
     5. Respondents 5 and 6 had a totally different story to<\/p>\n
WPCrl.300\/2009                   -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
advance. According to them, their daughter, though aged about<\/p>\n
21 years was not in a position to take decisions which are best<\/p>\n
suited for her. They raised a grievance that their daughter was<\/p>\n
not heeding to their requests to return along with them as she<\/p>\n
was having an affair with one Shaji Kumar, a married person with<\/p>\n
a child. According to respondents 5 and 6, the petitioner herein<\/p>\n
was only a name lender for the said Shaji Kumar and was<\/p>\n
attempting to influence and persuade the alleged detenue to<\/p>\n
continue the improper affair with the said Shaji Kumar and to<\/p>\n
go and reside with him.\n<\/p>\n
     6. Our efforts    on 4-8-2009 led the parties to   come to<\/p>\n
some sort of understanding.      The alleged detenue agreed to go<\/p>\n
along with respondents 5 and 6.         We wanted the parties to<\/p>\n
further      settle their disputes. The case was then posted to<\/p>\n
17-8-2009.\n<\/p>\n
     7. Experience was disappointing on 17.8.2009         as the<\/p>\n
parents     and the daughter were not able to come to any<\/p>\n
agreement. When the case came up for hearing on 17-8-2009,<\/p>\n
the alleged detenue refused to return with her parents and the<\/p>\n
parents also felt that there will be no point in compelling the<\/p>\n
WPCrl.300\/2009                 -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
alleged detenue to go with them again. Again after discussions it<\/p>\n
was agreed that the alleged detenue can be accommodated at<\/p>\n
the Santhinikethan hostel, Ernakulam with opportunity for the<\/p>\n
parents to interact with her and to attempt in the meantime to<\/p>\n
arrive at a harmonious settlement.     The case was thereafter<\/p>\n
posted on many dates. We also attempted to persuade the<\/p>\n
parents and the alleged detenue to come to some agreement and<\/p>\n
understanding.     But all those efforts failed miserably.  Her<\/p>\n
residence at the Santhinikethan continued from 17-8-2009 to this<\/p>\n
date.\n<\/p>\n
     8. The alleged detenue submits that though she has<\/p>\n
accepted the request of her parents and the suggestion of the<\/p>\n
court to reside in Santhinikethan hostel and continue her<\/p>\n
interactions with their parents, her parents do not understand<\/p>\n
her.   She repeated her request that she may be permitted to<\/p>\n
take up residence in some respectable and reputed institutions<\/p>\n
and attempt to secure employment. She is confident that she<\/p>\n
will be able to secure some employment considering her<\/p>\n
educational qualifications.\n<\/p>\n
     9. The parents of the girl apprehend that if the court were<\/p>\n
WPCrl.300\/2009                  -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
to allow her to leave Santhinikethan hostel, she would virtually<\/p>\n
be a pawn in the hands of the petitioner and Shaji Kumar, a<\/p>\n
married man with whom that the alleged detenue has some<\/p>\n
improper relationships. The parents submitted before court that<\/p>\n
their primary anxiety was that the life and future of the alleged<\/p>\n
detenue will be spoiled, if she were so permitted to take up<\/p>\n
residence to some hostel. In the meantime, I.A.No.11332\/2009<\/p>\n
was filed by the wife of the       said Shaji Kumar.   She also<\/p>\n
expressed the apprehension that the alleged detenue may<\/p>\n
continue her relationship with Shaji Kumar, if she were set free<\/p>\n
by the court. She prayed that she may be impleaded. Her<\/p>\n
application for impleadment , I.A.No.11332\/2009 was dismissed<\/p>\n
with the observation that formal impleadment was not necessary<\/p>\n
and she and her counsel would be heard, if they want to make<\/p>\n
any submissions before court. But thereafter she or her counsel<\/p>\n
has not appeared before court.\n<\/p>\n
      10. The alleged detenue stated before court that she would<\/p>\n
like to take up residence at Sithara Ladies Hostel, Manjeri Road,<\/p>\n
Malapuram or Sree Suma Ladies Hostel, Court Road, Manjeri.<\/p>\n
She asserts that they are respectable institutions without any<\/p>\n
WPCrl.300\/2009                 -7-<\/span><\/p>\n
adverse reputation. She prayed that she may be permitted to<\/p>\n
take up residence there.\n<\/p>\n
     11. Appreciating the anxiety of the parents, this Court<\/p>\n
directed the learned learned Government Pleader to make<\/p>\n
enquiries through police and report to the court whether it is safe<\/p>\n
to permit the alleged detenue to take up residence in those<\/p>\n
hostels. The learned Government Pleader after making necessary<\/p>\n
enquiries reported that both those are respectable institutions<\/p>\n
without any adverse reputation.     The alleged detenue stated<\/p>\n
before us that she has a relationship with the said Shaji Kumar<\/p>\n
and she would like to marry him if there be no legal<\/p>\n
impediments. She however asserted before us that she does not<\/p>\n
intend to have any improper relationship with him and she would<\/p>\n
not go astray. She would lead a righteous life only and there is<\/p>\n
no reason for the court to suspect her bonafides.       In these<\/p>\n
circumstances she may be allowed to go out of the<\/p>\n
Santhinikethan hostel and take up residence at one of the two<\/p>\n
hostels referred above.   She asserts that she has amounts with<\/p>\n
her earned by her from giving tuition to the students and she will<\/p>\n
soon be able to find out a respectable employment for herself.<\/p>\n
WPCrl.300\/2009                  -8-<\/span><\/p>\n
      12. The court is left in a dilemma. The anxiety of the<\/p>\n
parents deserves consideration. The freedom and liberty of the<\/p>\n
alleged detenue has to be respected. Her decisional autonomy<\/p>\n
must also be respected. In proceedings under the Habeas Corpus<\/p>\n
Act, it may be impossible for the court to ensure the proprietous,<\/p>\n
moral and correct behaviour on the part of persons.       In any<\/p>\n
view of the matter, we have ultimately persuaded ourselves to<\/p>\n
agree that the alleged detenue, an adult woman – educated and<\/p>\n
qualified, must be permitted to be free and to lead a life of her<\/p>\n
choice. It will be impossible for this Court to continue with the<\/p>\n
efforts of settlement between the parents and their daughter<\/p>\n
when they are not willing to come to any harmonious settlement.<\/p>\n
In our anxiety to ensure that the parties do          come to a<\/p>\n
settlement, we had wanted the learned Government Pleader to<\/p>\n
ensure that counselling and psychological support was given to<\/p>\n
the parents and daughter.      In fact, they had attended two<\/p>\n
sessions of counselling also.   But those attempts also did not<\/p>\n
bear fruit. We are in these circumstances satisfied that this writ<\/p>\n
petition need not be continued any longer. This writ petition can<\/p>\n
be allowed. The alleged detenue can be permitted to proceed to<\/p>\n
WPCrl.300\/2009                  -9-<\/span><\/p>\n
Sree Suma Ladies Hostel, Court road, Manjeri where she wants to<\/p>\n
take up accommodation.        The learned Government Pleader<\/p>\n
agrees that women police constables from the Manjeri Police<\/p>\n
station shall escort the alleged detenue (not in uniform) to the<\/p>\n
said hostel.\n<\/p>\n
     13. This writ petition is accordingly allowed in part. The<\/p>\n
alleged detenue is informed that she is    at liberty to proceed<\/p>\n
wherever she wants. True to her desire she shall be left at the<\/p>\n
Sree Suma Ladies Hostel, Court Road, Manjeri by women police<\/p>\n
constable not in uniform immediately.\n<\/p>\n
     14. Handover copy of this judgment to all counsel.<\/p>\n
                                                Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
                                     R. BASANT, JUDGE<\/p>\n
                                                Sd\/-<\/p>\n
\n                                   M.C. HARI RANI,JUDGE\n\n\n\n\nks.                        TRUE COPY\n\nWPCrl.300\/2009    -10-<\/span>\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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