VEERANSH SINGH PATHANIA MINOR v. STATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS
HABC/692/2025 · 2025-08-10
Nand Prabha Shukla
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:135484 Court No. - 85 Case :- HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 692 of 2025 Petitioner :- Veeransh Singh Pathania Minor Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Suresh Kumar Gupta,Vashishtha Narayan Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and and perused the record. The present Habeas Corpus Writ Petition has been filed seeking the following relief:
"(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents to produce the petitioner corpus before this Hon'ble Court and hand over custody of the corpus to his natural guardian i.e. her mother/deponent."
Learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his prayer seeking only the visitation right to meet his minor son Veeransh Singh Pathania, aged about two years, who is presently residing with respondent nos. 4 and 5, Nitendra Vishwas and Smt. Raneeta Vishwas (maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother). The mother of the corpus is no more. Petitioner (father) is a charge-sheeted accused in Case Crime No. 0338 of 2024 under Sections 80, 85 of Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (B.N.S.) 2023 and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Sector 113, District Gautam Buddh Nagar. Accordingly, the father of the corpus, Sri Prashant Singh Pathania is granted visitation right to meet his minor son, Veeransh Singh Pathania on 15th of every month from 10.00 A.M. to 2.00 P.M. at the venue fixed by the local Police Officer/Station House Officer Tikrapara, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh which shall be safe and conducive place other than the police station. Deputy Commissioner of Police, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh shall ensure for the exercise of the visitation right of the petitioner-
father. Registrar (Compliance) of this Court shall communicate to the Registrar (Compliance) High Court of Chhattisgarh who shall ensure for the compliance of the aforesaid order. With the aforesaid direction, the Habeas Corpus Writ Petition is
disposed of.
Order Date :- 11.8.2025 Puspendra Digitally signed by :- PUSPENDRA NARAYAN SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad