1. Petitioner resident of Shri Sahab Ke Bada, Near Kapoor Photostat, Kampoo Road, Lashkar, Gwalior, has approached this Court with the grievance that his daughter Ms. Mansi Soni aged about 18 years has been missing since 19.4.2016. Despite having searched at all possible and probable places, she could not be found. On having come to know the fact that she has been abducted by respondent No.4, he approached respondent No.3 the Station House Officer, Police Station Huzrat Kotwali, Lashkar, Gwalior with the request to trace the whereabouts of her daughter, who was in illegal confinement of respondent No.4, but he was not only ridiculed but also abused. Petitioner also approached respondent No.2 during Jan Sunvai on 14.6.2016, but all in vain. Under the circumstances, petitioner has approached this Court seeking writ of habeas corpus.

2. On 5.7.2016 learned Deputy Government Advocate sought three weeks’ time to trace out and produce the corpus of the missing Ms. Mansi Soni. On 27.7.2016, corpus Ms. Mansi Soni was produced by police personnel of Police Station Kotwali, Gwalior. Respondent No.4 with his counsel was also present. He claimed to have married Ms. Mansi Soni in Arya Samaj Mandir, Pawan Sut Colony, Morar, Gwalior on 9.6.2016. Though he claimed to be working in Jaipur, but had no proof of residence even. Therefore, this Court ordered to verify the whereabouts of respondent No.4 and if need be, summon him for enquiry. Meanwhile, the corpus of Ms. Mansi Soni was ordered to be kept in Nari Niketan, Gwalior. Parents of the corpus Ms. Mansi Soni expressed ignorance about the alleged marriage. According to them, neither do they know the boy nor did they give consent for the marriage. No one ever enquired about the family or informed about the marriage including the Arya Samaj Mandir. They claimed that their daughter has been manipulated and fraudulent marriage certificate has been obtained to deny custody of their daughter. On being summoned, one Awadhesh Sharma, claimed to be Purohit of the Arya Samaj Mandir submitted some papers, but did not produce original record for verification. Photocopies of cyclostyled printed affidavit allegedly sworn by respondent No.4 and Ms. Mansi Soni are on plain papers with Rs.10/- stamp affixed thereon. The affidavits are not notarized by the Notary, instead are shown to have been attested by the Oath Commissioner. No one has identified them muchless, by an advocate. The alleged medical age certificate though shown to have been issued on a letter-pad of one Dr. R. Bhojwani is also unsigned, unverified and with no medical documentation. No age certificate of Ms. Mansi Sonil, though photo copy of X Class marks sheet of respondent No.4 is shown. The applications for marriage are also undated. As such, prima facie the documents appeared to have been prepared in a slipshod manner to justify issuance of certificate by the Arya Samaj Mandir. During the course of hearing, it also transpired that there are number of places at Gwalior with the signboard of Arya Samaj Mandir where certificates of marriages are issued as a matter of course on the basis of unverified documents. Such instances are repeatedly on rise in the city, which go unchecked and there is noticeable increase in number of writ petitions filed in this Court seeking writ of habeas corpus with complaint of missing daughters and sisters. Therefore, the local police authorities were directed to conduct a detailed enquiry in relation to such Arya Samaj Mandirs where marriage certificates are issued, the manner and the method adopted by them for issuance of certificate, whether the address of residence and details of their identity and family are verified with their parents, besides their caste, religion and whether they are the followers of Arya Samaj, i.e. they are Arya Samajist, and what kind of rituals are observed and ceremonies are organized for the marriages, in order to find out the modus operandi of such places issuing marriage cert