HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 812 of 2025 Court No. - 88 HON'BLE VINOD DIWAKAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned A.G.A. for the State-respondents. 2. The present writ petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondent authorities to produce petitioner no.1 (corpus) before this Court and to set her at liberty from the alleged illegal custody of respondent nos.4 and 5. 3. In compliance with the order dated 07.10.2025 passed by this Court, the corpus, Smt. Anu Yadav, is present before this Court along with respondent no.4 (her father). 4. During the course of interaction with the corpus, the Court directed respondent no.4 (father of corpus) to step out of the Court Room to ensure that the corpus could express her wishes freely, without any external pressure or influence. Upon query being raised by the Court regarding her preference as to where and with whom she intends to reside, the corpus categorically stated that she wishes to reside with petitioner no.2. 5. In view of the unequivocal statement made by the corpus and upon due consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court directs that the custody of petitioner no.1 (corpus) shall be handed over to petitioner no.2 forthwith. Respondent no.4 has furnished an undertaking before this Court that he shall not interfere in any manner with the life, liberty, or peaceful residence of the corpus henceforth. 6. The Station House Officer (S.H.O.) concerned is directed to collect all the Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Aamir Nizam, Shabana Nizam Counsel for Respondent(s) : Ajeet Kumar Srivastava, G.A. Smt Anu Yadav Corpus & Anr. .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) educational documents and other relevant belongings of the corpus from respondent no.4 (her father) and hand them over to petitioner no.1. The S.H.O. shall further ensure that no interference, threat, or disturbance is caused by respondent nos.4 and 5 or any other private individuals in the peaceful living of the corpus with petitioner no.2. 7. In light of the above directions, this Court does not find any further cause to keep the writ petition pending. 8. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of. October 15, 2025 A. Tripathi HABC No. 812 of 2025 2 (Vinod Diwakar,J.) Digitally signed by :- AKHILESH TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- AKHILESH TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad