* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 16^th February, 2026 Pronounced on: 11th March, 2026 + W.P.(CRL) 2988/2024 & CRL.M.A. 11271/2025, CRL.M.A.

11272/2025 YASIR AYAZ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Khalid Akhtar, Mr. Maaz Akhtar, Mr. Abdullah Akhtar and Ms. Sana Anwar, Advs.

versus STATE OF NCT DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel (Crl.) with Ms. Priyam Aggarwal, Mr. Aryan Sachdeva and Mr. Abhinav Kr. Arya, Advs.

SI Deval Shalkhlan, PS Bhajanpura Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Manik Gupta, Mr. M. S. Khan, Ms. Neha Khan, Mr. Akbar Kaleem, Ms. Shaziya and Mr. Yasir Khan, Advs. for R-2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA

J U D G M E N T

RAVINDER DUDEJA, J.

1. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is filed by the petitioner/husband seeking issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus directing Respondent No.2/mother of the minor children, to produce the children before this Court and further seeks a direction for their return to the United Kingdom in terms of orders passed by the High Court of Justice, Family Division, London.

Brief Facts

2. The petitioner/father and Resp