$~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010322552026 + W.P.(CRL) 2168/2026 ANJALI DEVI .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Subhash Chandra Pandey, Adv. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Amol Sinha, ASC (Crl.) with Ms.Chavi Lazarus, Adv. for State/R-1 with Insp. Deepak Sharma and SI/IO Ashok Kumar, P.S. Naraina Mr.A. K. Mishra and Mr.Arvind Singh, Advs. for R-2 Missing girl in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA % 17.08.2026 O R D E R 1. The present Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNSS”), seeking issuance of a Writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus, directing the respondents to produce the daughter of the petitioner, who was then a minor. 2. The missing girl was eventually traced and her statement under Section 183 of the BNSS was recorded before the concerned JMFC on This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/08/2026 at 11:37:52 30.07.2026, wherein no offence was stated to have been committed. She was also produced before the Child Welfare Committee-X, District - New Delhi, which, by an Order dated 31.07.2026, having interacted with the petitioner as also the girl, has directed her to be set free as she has turned major and has stated that she had married out of her own free will and volition. The documents handed over by the learned counsel for the respondent no. 1 in this regard are taken on record. 3. Keeping in view the above, no further orders are required to be passed in this present Writ Petition. The same is disposed of. NAVIN CHAWLA, J RAVINDER DUDEJA, J AUGUST 17, 2026/sg/as This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/08/2026 at 11:37:52