J U D G M E N T

C.K. Abdul Rehim, J:

The petitioner is approaching this court seeking a writ of Habeas Corpus for production of his minor child namely, Kumari. Sreenika. Averments are to the effect that the petitioner had married one Smt. Sruthi on 27-05-2013 and the minor child Sreenika was born out the wedlock. The child is now aged 1 ½ years. The petitioner is working at Sharjah. After the petitioner left to his work place at Sharjah, his wife was residing along with his mother in his family consisting of his grandmother and sister-in-law. It is alleged that the petitioner's wife, Smt. Sruthi had left the matrimonial home during August 2015 to her parental house at Palakkad. But the petitioner got information that she had thereafter eloped with a person named Sri. Rajeev Babu, on 06-09-2015. It is mentioned that, all the efforts W.P.(Crl.) No. 406/2015 -2-

taken by the petitioner and his relatives to trace out his wife and child was in vain. Therefore the petitioner had lodged a complaint before the respondent and other police officials. But no effective steps were taken to trace out the child. It is alleged that the petitioner's wife is living along with a person named Sri. Rajeev