BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 09-07-2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA AND THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R. POORNIMA HCP(MD)No.877 of 2026 C.Nithish Petitioner(s) Vs 1. The State of Tamilnadu, Rep by the Superintendent of Police, Dindigul District. 2. The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Nilakkottai, Dindigul District. 3. Mahalingam 4. Poongudi Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s): Mr.S.S.Sundarapandian For Respondent(s): Mr.D.Venkatesh, Counsel for State of Tamilnadu(Crl.Side) Prayer: Petition filed under Artice 226 of the Constitution of India, directing the respondents 1 and 2 to produce the person of the petitioner's wife, (M.Iswarya, D/o.Mahalingam, aged 21 years), before this Hon'ble Court from the illegal custody of the 3rd and 4th respondents and set her at liberty. ORDER (Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble A.D.Jagadish Chandira, J.) Alleging that the petitioner's wife namely, M.Iswarya, D/o.Mahalingam, aged 21 years, is being kept in illegal custody of the 3rd and 4th respondents, the present HCP has been filed. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner fell in love with the alleged detenue and they got married on 09.01.2026 at Mariamman Temple, Kannivadi. It is the further case of the petitioner that since they belong to different communities, the respondents 3 and 4 separated them and they have kept the detenue in illegal detention. Hence, this petition. 3. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the alleged detenue M.Iswarya, D/o.Mahalingam is produced before this Court. We enquired the detenue. She submitted that the petitioner had blackmailed her and forced her into a marriage. On coming to know about the activities of the petitioner, she has come out from his clutches on her own and she is living with her parents. She further submitted that she has not been illegally detained by any body and that she has been troubled by the petitioner continuously. 4. Having enquired the detenue, we find that the detenue is not under illegal detention of any one. Hence, this Habeas Corpus Petition is not maintainable and accordingly it is dismissed. (A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA J.) (R.POORNIMA J.) 09-07-2026 bala To 1. The Superintendent of Police, State of Tamilnadu, Dindigul District. 2. The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Nilakkottai, Dindigul District. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J. AND R.POORNIMA, J. bala ORDER MADE IN HCP(MD)No.877 of 2026 DATED : 09.07.2026 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis