This is an application under section 491, Criminal Procedure Code, for a direction that a minor boy named Jayaram who is the petitioner’s son be brought up before the Court to be dealt with according to law, and that the respondent be directed to restore the said Jayaram to the custody of the petitioner. At one-stage it was agreed between the parties that the boy who is 13 years old should be put in the Sri Ramakrishna Mission High School Hostel, Thiagarayanagar, and the father was willing to bear all the expenses of the maintenance and education of the boy in that institution. After his admission in the hostel and the school, in spite of numerous attempts made by the warden, the boy played truant and was persistently running away to the respondent’s place. Consequently the consent order was vacated on the 26th September, 1947 and the petition was heard on merits. It was, however, agreed that before passing the final order one further attempt should be made to put the boy in the hostel and in spite of the previous conduct of the boy, the warden was so good as to re-admit him but again on several occasions, the boy ran away and finally the respondent removed him from the host