LAXMI KASAUDHAN THRU. HER HUSBAND RAVI KUMAR PRAJAPATI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND 3 OTHERS
HABC/226/2025 · 2025-07-30
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:44156 Court No. - 12 Case :- HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 226 of 2025 Petitioner :- Laxmi Kasaudhan Thru. Her Husband Ravi Kumar Prajapati Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pankaj Singh Negi,Neeta Singh Chandel Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajnish Kumar,J. In deference to the previous order passed by this Court, the detenue- Laxmi Kasaudhan and respondent no.4- Bhagatram Kasaudhan son of Late Ayodhya Prasad are present in person. They have been brought by Lady Constable Ms. Ranjana Awasthi and S.I. Sri Amarjeet Sonkar, Police Station- Kaudiya, District- Gonda. On a query, the detenue- Laxmi Kasaudhan states that she is major and she has married to the next friend Ravi Kumar Prajapati, who is also present in Court. She further states that she wants to go and live with her husband, the next friend Ravi Kumar Prajapati. Respondent no.4 states that since the detenue is major in age and married on her sweet will and volition, therefore, she is free to live with her will and volition. Having considered the submissions made by the parties and the fact that the detenue and the next friend are major and they have solemnized their marriage with their sweet will and volition on 20.05.2025 and the marriage has been registered on 21.05.2025 at S. No. 672 at SRO
Office-Sadar Second, District Ghaziabad, a photocopy of which has been placed on record as Annexure no.5 to the petition, the detenue is set free to live with her sweet will and volition. This Court, by means of order dated 18.06.2025 had
directed to the deponent to deposit a sum of Rs.25,000/- before the Senior Registrar, which has been deposited by the deponent i.e. the next friend. The said amount shall be released and paid to the detenue on an application moved by her, giving account details, which shall be transferred in her account after verification. With the aforesaid observations/directions, this habeas carpus petition is allowed. . (Rajnish Kumar,J.)
Order Date :- 30.7.2025 dk/ Digitally signed by :- DEVENDRA KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench