C.T. Selvam, J.

1. This Habeas Corpus Petition is filed seeking a direction to the first and second respondents to produce the minor children viz., Nithila Kumar, aged about 3 years and Aarush Kumar, aged 1 year before this court and set them at liberty.

2. First petitioner is the maternal grandmother of the minor children. Alleging that her son-in-law, the third respondent had abducted the minor children from Australia and taken them out of care and custody of her daughter, this petition has been filed. The second petitioner has been impleaded as such under orders of this court of even date. The petitioners sought a direction that the first and second respondents/Police Authorities be directed to produce the minor children and set them at liberty.

3. The third respondent and the second petitioner are husband and wife.

Petition informs that the second petitioner was a permanent resident of Australia as was the third respondent. The second petitioner as also the third respondent are Doctors. The second petitioner forwarded an E-mail informing that the minor children had been abducted by the third respondent and brought to India, causing great mental anguish to the second