JUDGMENT

Jasjit Singh Bedi, J. - The prayer in the present petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is for the issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus directing respondent Nos.1 to 3 to produce the minor child of the petitioner namely, Riaan Shahi who is less than 02 years old (at the time of filing of the petition) from the illegal detention of respondent Nos.4 to 6 and allow him to join the company of the petitioner who is the mother.

2. The brief facts of the case as emanating from the pleadings are that the petitioner, who is qualified as B.Tech (I.T.) and is a resident of Panchkula, solemnized a love marriage with respondent No.4 on 04.12.2017 and out of the said wedlock one son namely Riaan Shahi was born on 20.08.2020. Respondent Nos.4 to 6 (being her husband and in-laws) were extremely greedy and on account of inadequate dowry, she was mistreated by them and faced a lot of harassment. The details of the atrocities have been submitted to the Police in a separate complaint dated 26.07.2022 (Annexure R-8).

The petitioner and respondent No.4 were employed at Noida but on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, as a lockdown was imposed, they both came to reside and work