Sankarasubban, J.

This Original Petition has been filed for a writ of habeas corpus commanding the 1st and 2nd respondents to produce the third respondent before this court and to release her from their illegal custody and to give the custody of the third respondent to the petitioner. The petitioner has filed this petition as next friend of the third respondent. According to the petitioner, he and the third respondent attained the age of majority. On 24.6.2002, both of them entered into an agreement of marriage and were living together as husband and wife. While so, respondents 1 and 2 and their relatives forcefully took away the third respondent and admitted her in a counseling center at Ambalamukku near Peroorkkada at Thiruvananthapuram in order to give her a counselling to change her attitude towards the petitioner. The third respondent informed the petitioner about her stay at counseling Centre and they eloped from there.

2. On 20.7.2002, the third respondent's father complained before the fourth respondent. On receiving the complaint, the fourth respondent registered a case for man missing. On 21.7.2002, the fourth respondent arrested the petitioner and the third res