JUDGMENT

Vinod Chandran,J.

The petitioner has filed the writ petition (Crl)

seeking a writ of habeas corpus for the production of his two minor children and their mother who is said to be in the illegal custody of respondents 1 and 2. Respondents 1 and 2 are the parents of the wife of the petitioner. The petitioner in the writ petition claims that his wife suffers 85% hearing impairment and also has intellectual disability. It is alleged that after the birth of the two children the respondents 1 and 2 have been trying desperately to separate the petitioner from his wife. The petitioner also alleges that the respondents 1 and 2 with the help of goondas forcefully took his wife and children away, after manhandling himself and his physically challenged sister.

2. We directed the learned Senior Government Pleader to get a statement of the alleged detenue. The learned Senior Government Pleader has produced the statement of the alleged detenue recorded by the 4th respondent along with a memo. The statement discloses quite contrary facts as alleged by the wife of the petitioner. She admits her hearing impairment but does not speak of any other disability. According to her the entire financial