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H.C.P.No.1015 of 2025

THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 28.01.2026

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN

AND

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JOTHIRAMAN

H.C.P.No.1015 of 2025

R.Saravanan

S/o.M.Radhakrishnan,

No.4/5, Kumaran Street,

Meenambakkam, Chennai-600 027.

Petitioner(s)

Vs

1.The Commissioner of Police,

Greater Chennai Police Commissionerate,

Vepery, Chennai-600 007.

2.The Deputy Commissioner of Police,

St.Thomas Mount Police District, Butt Road,

St.Thomas Mount, Chennai-600 016.

3.The Inspector of Police,

S-3, Meenambakkam Police Station,

Meenambakkam, Chennai-600 027.

Respondent(s)

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Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Section 226 of the Constitution of

India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus to direct the respondents herein to

produce the petitioner’s father M.Radhakrishnan, S/o.Muthusamy, male,

aged about 84 years, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner(s): Mr.V.Ramana Reddy

For RR1 and 2: Mr.R.Muniyapparaj

Additional Public Prosecution

assisted by Mr.M.Sylvester John

ORDER

(made by P.VELMURUGAN, J.)

This habeas corpus petition has been filed by the petitioner to secure

his father M.Radhakrishnan, S/o.Muthusamy, aged about 84 years, before

this Court and set him at liberty.

2. It is the case of the petitioner that his father viz. Radhakrishnan,

aged about 84 years, went missing from the house on 08.05.2025 around

10.30 a.m.; since the whereabouts of his father were not known, on the same

day i.e. on 08.05.2025 around 7.30 p.m., he lodged a written complaint

before the third respondent/police, pursuant to which, an FIR in Crime

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No.20 of 2025 under “man missing” was registered; since, the police are not

taking effective steps to secure his father, he has preferred the present

petition.

3. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the

respondents would submit that pursuant to the complaint given by the

petitioner, a case has been registered and the same is under investigation.

4. It is not the case of the petitioner that his father has been

illegally detained by any known or unknown person. In the complaint itself,

it has been stated that a man aged about 84 years went missing from

08.05.2025.

5. In such view of the matter, it cannot be stated that the

petitioner’s father is in illegal custody of anyone for the issuance of writ of

habeas corpus.

Hence, this habeas corpus petition is closed. However, the

respondents/police are directed to expedite the investigation and try to

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secure the detenu forth with and keep the petitioner informed of the

developments, if any.

(P.V., J.) (M.J.R., J.)

28.01.2026

nsd

To

1.The Commissioner of Police,

Greater Chennai Police Commissionerate,

Vepery, Chennai-600 007.

2.The Deputy Commissioner of Police,

St.Thomas Mount Police District, Butt Road,

St.Thomas Mount, Chennai-600 016.

3.The Inspector of Police,

S-3, Meenambakkam Police Station,

Meenambakkam, Chennai-600 027.

4.The Public Prosecutor,

Madras High Court, Chennai – 600 104

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H.C.P.No.1015 of 2025

P.VELMURUGAN, J.

and

M.JOTHIRAMAN, J.

nsd

H.C.P.No.1015 of 2025

28.01.2026

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