No illegal detention found in live-in relationship habeas corpus after personal verification.

JUDGMENT Ziyad Rahman A.A., J.

The petitioner was in a live-in-relationship with the brother of respondents 4 and 5 (the ‘alleged detenue’). According to the petitioner, the ‘alleged detenue’ is under the illegal detention of respondents 4 and 5, as the said respondents were against their relationship. A Writ Petition was submitted in such circumstances seeking the following reliefs:

(i) Issue a writ of Habeas Corpus commanding respondents 1 to 3 to trace out the detenue and produce him before this Hon’ble Court.

(ii) Grant such other order as this Hon’ble Court deems fit and necessary in the facts and circumstances of the case.

(ii) Dispense with the translation of the documents produced in the Vernacular Language.

2. Today when the matter was taken up, the petitioner as well as the ‘alleged detenue’ appeared before this Court in person. This Court permitted the petitioner to have interaction with the ‘alleged detenue’.

3. During the course of interaction between the parties concerned in the presence of their respective counsel, the ‘alleged detenue’ submitted that he is not under any illegal detention. The petitioner submitted that she is two months pregnant with the child of the ‘alleged detenue’.

4. After considering all relevant aspects and taking into account the inputs received from the interaction between the parties, we see no illegal detention of the ‘alleged detenue’.

This Writ Petition is closed accordingly, leaving open the rights of the petitioner to workout her remedies.