: 1 : 3-wp-3698-26.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.3698 OF 2026 Sangeeta Arun Magar …..Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra .….Respondent ----- Ms. Pramila H. Salvi, Advocate for the Petitioner. Ms. Supriya Kak, APP for the Respondent-State. Ms. Deepa Panicker, Advocate for the Petitioner’s daughter. The Petitioner is present in-person. The Petitioner’s daughter is present in-person. ----- CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL & RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ. DATE : 19th AUGUST, 2026 [IN CHAMBERS] P.C. : 1. Heard Ms. Pramila Salvi, learned counsel for the Petitioner, Ms. Supriya Kak, learned APP for the Respondent- State and Ms. Deepa Panicker, learned counsel for the Petitioner’s daughter. 2. This is a Petition for issuance of writ of habeas corpus. The Petitioner is mother of a 22 year old daughter, who was not residing with the Petitioner’s family since 15.6.2026 and, therefore, this Petition is filed. On the last 1 of 3 Deshmane(PS) : 2 : 3-wp-3698-26.odt occasion, we had directed the police officers to produce the Petitioner’s daughter before the Court at 3.00 p.m. in the Chambers. Accordingly, the police have brought the Petitioner’s daughter to our Chambers at 3.00 p.m.. We interacted with the Petitioner’s daughter. She sought some time to consider her options. Therefore, we kept back the matter and the matter was called out after we rose after the day’s work and came back to our Chambers. At that time the Petitioner’s daughter expressed her desire to go back to her parents and stay with them. 3. In view of the desire expressed by the Petitioner’s daughter, it is not necessary to refer to the circumstances why she had left her parent’s house. This is necessary to protect her privacy. The Petitioner’s daughter took sufficient time to consider her options and has taken a decision to go back to stay with her parents. When we passed this order, the Petitioner’s daughter, her learned counsel, the Petitioner and her learned counsel were present in the Chambers. Learned APP was also present in the Chambers. 2 of 3 : 3 : 3-wp-3698-26.odt 4. In this view of the matter, nothing further survives in this Petition and it is disposed of. Needless to add that the Petitioner’s daughter is free to go and stay with her parents as desired by her. (RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J.) (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.) Deshmane (PS) 3 of 3 PRADIPKUMAR PRAKASHRAO DESHMANE Digitally signed by PRADIPKUMAR PRAKASHRAO DESHMANE Date: 2026.08.21 14:07:57 +0530