JUDGMENT

(Prayer:Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to direct the 1st and 2nd respondents to produce the petitioner''s minor daughter viz., xxxxx D/o.Bakkiyaraj, aged about 17 years, from the illegal custody of 3rd respondent before this Hon''ble Court and hand over her custody to the petitioner.)

M. Sundar, J.

1. This order will now dispose of the captioned ''Habeas Corpus Petition'' [hereinafter ''HCP'' for the sake of brevity, convenience and clarity].

2. This order has to be read in conjunction with and in continuation of earlier proceedings made in the previous listing on 17.04.2023 which reads as follows:

''Captioned ''Habeas Corpus Petition'' [hereinafter ''HCP'' for the sake of convenience and clarity] has been filed saying that the petitioner''s daughter ''xxxxx'' [we are masking the name of the petitioner''s daughter and she shall hereinafter be referred to as ''absentee'' for the sake of convenience and clarity] is missing from 18.03.2023.

2. Mr.T.Vijayan, learned counsel on record for petitioner who is before us submits that the absentee went to school at around 9.30 a