JAGADISAN, J.:- The petitioner, P. Ramakrishna Sastri, prays for the issue of a writ in the nature of habeas corpus for the rescue and release of his daughter, Kumari Girija Sastri, alleged to be a minor, from the improper detention and wrongful custody of her by the respondents and for the restoration of her custody to him. The petitioner avers that his daughter was living with him at Madras, and that on 12-4-1961 taking advantage of his absence from town at Masulipatam, the respondents kidnapped her from his lawful custody, and that she is now leading a shameful life having illicit intimacy with the first respondent and living a life of prostitution for his benefit and on his compulsion. The respondents are not in any way related to the petitioner or his daughter. The first respondent is described by the petitioner in his affidavit in support of the application as an "unemployed vagrant" and the second respondent is stated to be "a make up man" employed in the motion picture industry. The petitioners story, if true, is indeed a borrowing tale sufficient to cause any parent great mental anguish and pain.

2. The petitioner filed in this court Cri.M.P. No.736 of 1961 invokin