1. Having failed to persuade respondent No. 5 to join him alongwith the Minor daughter, the petitioner has sought a writ of Habeas Corpus and Subjiciendum. The respondent No. 5 however, submits that these proceedings lack sincerity and have been resorted to with an oblique motive, the motive being to exert undue pressure. It is accordingly submitted that the petition having not been initiated bonafide deserves rejection at the very threshold. A second petition bearing No. 695 of 1997 has been filed on behalf of the minor. She wants conferment of citizenship of this country. Reference to that would be made at appropriate place. Both these petitions concern the minor and are being dealt with together.

2. Fact in HCW 846 of 1997 are as under:

The petitioner is admittedly the father of a minor female child. She was born out of a wedlock between the petitioner and respondent No.5. The marriage took place in Delhi. This happened in 1984. The petitioner is a Pakistan National. The respondent No.5 was and is still an Indian National. She has however, been going abroad on the basis of India Passport. After the marriage, the couple left for Dubai i.e., United Arab Emirates. The minor whose c

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