K.S. Jhaveri, J.

1. The petitioners herein have prayed for issuance of appropriate writ in the nature of habeas corpus and to direct the respondents more particularly respondents No. 4 & 5 to produce the corpus - Mr. Hardik Patel before this Court and direct the respondents to set him free.

2. The facts leading to the filing of the present petition are enunciated in brief hereunder:

"2.1 The corpus - Mr. Hardik Patel had initiated a movement against the suppression of Patidar community in the State of Gujarat which had been widely supported by the community. In most of the events relating to the said movement, the petitioners remained present alongwith the corpus. On 25.08.2015, a gathering of the Patidar community was organized at GMDC ground, Ahmedabad wherein large number of persons were present. The police had to resort to lathi charge to disperse the crowd after 08.00 pm on the said day.

2.2 On 22.09.2015, a meeting was arranged at Tenpur village, Taluka - Bayad, District - Aravalli which was attended by the corpus. The meeting was arranged in a private place and police all of a sudden arrived at the place of meeting and tried to arrest the corpus. The public present the