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2026 DAILYLAW 12324 (ALL)

SHIVANI RANA AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. AND 6 OTHERS

HABC/1414/2026 · 2026-10-04

Deepak Verma

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 1414 of 2026 Court No. - 72 HON'BLE DEEPAK VERMA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned AGA for the State. 2. The petitioner has applied for the issuance of a writ in the nature of habeas corpus directing the respondents no. 2 and 3 to produce the petitioner no. 1/corpus from the illegal detention of the private respondent no. 4 to 7. The petition has been filed through the Guardian/father of Corpus. 3. It appears that the father of the petitioner Mahaveer Singh, petitioner no.2 lodged a first information report on 01.05.2026 against unknown persons under Section 137(2) BNS alleging that his daughter who is a minor, aged about 16 years has left the house in anger. 4. On the basis of the aforesaid FIR the matter was investigated and statement was recorded and she was detained at Asha Jyoti Kendra, Agra. On 12.05.2026 the Judicial Magistate (First Class)/ Bal Kalyan Samiti Agra, U.P. on the request of her parents and after taking into consideration the entire facts and circumstances handed over the corpus to her parents and brother as she was minor as per her High School Certificate. 5. As per Petitioner No. 2, the corpus was again enticed away from her home on 07.06.2026 by the respondents No. 4 to 7 and has been in their illegal detention ever since. 6. Today, the corpus is present and she has been identified by the counsel. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Bharti, Dashrath Ahirwar, Ganesh Mani Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Shivani Rana And Another .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) She is living in Nari Niketan. As per the corpus herself, there is hardly any illegal detention carried out by the private respondents which has been alleged through the instant petition. The petitioner no. 1 (corpus) is not in illegal detention. 7. The petition is accordingly, dismissed. October 5, 2026 Meenu Singh HABC No. 1414 of 2026 2 (Deepak Verma,J.) Digitally signed by :- MEENU SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad