{"id":39835,"date":"2006-10-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006"},"modified":"2014-03-09T08:37:48","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T03:07:48","slug":"n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006","title":{"rendered":"N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS\n\nDated:- 09.10.2006\n\nCoram:-\n\nThe HONOURABLE Mr. Justice P.SATHASIVAM\nand\nThe HONOURABLE Mr. Justice S.TAMILVANAN\n\n\n\nHabeas Corpus Petition No.852 of 2006\n\t\t\t\t\n\nN.S.Arunachalam\t\t                               ...  Petitioner\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\tVs.\n\n1.The Superintendent of Police,\n   Villupuram, Villupuram Distrcit.\n\n2.The Inspector of Police,\n   Kandatchipuram Pulice Station,\n   Tirukoilur Taluk,\n   Villupuram District.\n\n3.Uma Rani\t\t                      \t\t.. Respondents\n\n\n\n\tPetition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus  to direct respondents 1 and 2 to register the petitioner's complaint and inquire and produce the body of the minor child viz., Devibala and hand over the custody of the minor child to the petitioner. \n\n \tFor Petitioner\t         : Mr.S.Srinath\n\tFor Respondents 1 &amp; 2\t : Mr.M.Babu Muthu Meeran,\n\t\t\t\t   Addl. Public Prosecutor\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\tO R D E R \n<\/pre>\n<p>\t\t(Order of the Court was made by P.SATHASIVAM,J.)\t<\/p>\n<p>\tThe petitioner, by name N.S.Arunachalm, has filed this petition seeking direction  to respondents 1 and 2 to register the petitioner&#8217;s complaint and inquire and produce the body of the minor child viz., Devibala and hand over her custody  to the petitioner. <\/p>\n<p>\t2. On instruction, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor informed this Court that no complaint has been made by the petitioner to the second respondent.    It is also brought to our notice that the petitioner has filed  HMOP No.25 of 2002  on the file of the  Principal Sub Court, Villupuram, against the third respondent, who is none else than his wife, for divorce.  It is not in dispute that by an order dated 23.10.2002 divorce was granted and his petition was allowed.  No doubt it is an ex-parte order.<\/p>\n<p>\t3. In view of the statement of the Additional Public Prosecutor regarding the fact that the petitioner has not made a complaint to the second respondent and  also of the fact that he has already obtained a decree for divorce from the concerned Court, the petitioner is free to make proper complaint highlighting all the details to the second respondent.  If any such complaint is made, the second respondent is duty bound to investigate the same according to law.  Likewise the petitioner is also free to move  appropriate Court for the custody of his minor child.<\/p>\n<p>\t4. With the above observations, this petition is closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>raa<\/p>\n<p>To\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>1.The Superintendent of Police,<br \/>\nVillupuram,<br \/>\nVillupuram Distrcit.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.The Inspector of Police,<br \/>\nKandatchipuram Pulice Station,<br \/>\nTirukoilur Taluk,<br \/>\nVillupuram District.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. The Public Prosecutor,<br \/>\nHigh Court,<br \/>\nMadras.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n[VSANT 8222]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Dated:- 09.10.2006 Coram:- The HONOURABLE Mr. Justice P.SATHASIVAM and The HONOURABLE Mr. Justice S.TAMILVANAN Habeas Corpus Petition No.852 of 2006 N.S.Arunachalam &#8230; Petitioner Vs. 1.The Superintendent of Police, Villupuram, Villupuram Distrcit. 2.The Inspector of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-madras-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-10-08T18:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-03-09T03:07:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@legaliadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Legal_india\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-10-08T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-03-09T03:07:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006\"},\"wordCount\":290,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"High Court\",\"Madras High Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006\",\"name\":\"N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-10-08T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-03-09T03:07:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"name\":\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"description\":\"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal India\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006","og_site_name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2006-10-08T18:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-03-09T03:07:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@legaliadmin","twitter_site":"@Legal_india","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006","datePublished":"2006-10-08T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-03-09T03:07:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006"},"wordCount":290,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"articleSection":["High Court","Madras High Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006","name":"N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-10-08T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-03-09T03:07:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-s-arunachalam-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-9-october-2006#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"N.S.Arunachalam vs The Superintendent Of Police on 9 October, 2006"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","description":"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization","name":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","alternateName":"Legal India","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}