G. P. SINGH, C. J.

( 1 ) THIS is a petition by a mother for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus for custody of her minor son Vivek who is, for the time being, in the custody of the respondent, his father.

( 2 ) THE parties come from well-to-do families. They were married at Indore on 12th Dec. , 1976. The child was born on 23rd Dec. , 1977 at Jabalpur in a nursing home. The petitioner's parents reside at Jabalpur. The petitioner's father is a M. E. S. Contractor. The petitioner and the child went to Indore sometime in Feb. , 1978. The case of the petitioner is that she and the respondent went to Delhi in Oct. , 1978. The respondent on 23rd Oct. , 1978 disappeared with the child and came back to Indore. The petitioner returned to Indore on 26th Oct. , 1978, but she was not allowed to enter the respondent's house. This story is denied by the respondent. According to him, the petitioner on her own left the matrimonial home with her brother on 21st Oct. , 1978 without caring for the child who was then eleven months old. According to the respondent, the petitioner left for good and she came a few days thereafter and stayed in a hotel only with a view to get back her jewellery and woolle

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