$~22 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC011107022025 + W.P.(CRL) 2478/2026 RISHIPAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Akhilesh Kr. Singh and Mr.Piyush Kumar, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Sanjay Lao, Sr. Adv. with Mr.Aman Usman, APP, Mr.Abhinav Kumar and Mr.Aryan Sachdeva, Advs. for R-1/State with Insp. Mahesh Kumar, P.S. Samaypur Badli CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA % 17.08.2026 O R D E R 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. CRL.M.A. 24999/2026 (Exemption) 2. 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, seeking issuance of a Writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus, directing the respondents to produce the wife of the petitioner, who is stated to be in the illegal custody of the respondent no. 2. W.P.(CRL) 2478/2026 & CRL.M.A. 25000/2026 3. Admittedly, the wife of the petitioner had left her matrimonial 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 11:37:50 home on 06.06.2022. This petition has been listed before us with a delay of 402 days in re-filing the petition. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner tries to explain this delay by stating that the petitioner was making efforts to trace out the whereabouts of his missing wife, we are not impressed with the said explanation. 4. In fact, Mr.Sanjay Lao, the learned Senior Counsel for the State, has handed over a copy of the Status Report dated 17.08.2026, which, inter alia, states that on being contacted, the wife of the petitioner has stated that she is residing at Lucknow of her own free will, without any force, pressure, threat or coercion. She has also expressed her unwillingness to reside with the petitioner or return to her matrimonial home. She has stated that she has invoked the jurisdiction of the competent Family Court seeking dissolution of her marriage. 5. Keeping in view the above, we find no merit in the present Writ Petition. The same along with the pending application is dismissed, leaving it open to the petitioner to avail of his alternate remedies in accordance with law. 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 11:37:50