AKIL KURESHI, J.

This Habeas Corpus petition is filed by mother of two minor children - Bhumi and Aryan aged 13 years and 9 years respectively. The petitioner, mother of the children and respondent no. 2, father of the children have separated since long and we are informed that they have also obtained divorce. Since then the children were living with the mother. However, as per the petition, the respondent no. 2 forcibly took away the children on 26.12.2016 Persuaded by such assertions, we had issued notice and directed the respondent to produce the children before the court.

2. Today, when the matter was called out, counsel for the petitioner scaled down the petitioner's expectations and requested that she may be allowed to visit the children at least once in a fortnight. We are somewhat intrigued by this sudden lowering down the expectations of the petitioner.

3. We first called the children in the chamber. We found that the children are bright matured for their age and confident. Both of them stated that they themselves from the school had directly gone to the father's place because they were not happy staying with the mother who had already remarried. We would not record fu