Allahabad High Court

Smt. Prinka Alias Smt. Priyanka thru. Her Husband Indra Raj v. State of U.P. thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. & Ors.

HABC/178/2026

Decision date
2026-05-29
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Judges
Subhash Vidyarthi

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Judgment text

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 178 of 2026 Smt. Prinka Alias Smt. Priyanka Thru. Her Husband Indra Raj .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Anupam Bajpai, Jay Shankar, Puneet Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Ravi Patel Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Jai Shankar, the learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri G.D. Bhatt, the learned AGA-I and Shri Ravi Patel, Advocate who has filed vakalatnama on behalf oft he opposite party No.4, which is taken on record. 2. The instant petition has been filed seeking issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of the 19 years old Smt. Prinka @ Priyanka through her husband Indra Raj stating that Prinka has illegally been detained by her father- the opposite party No.4-Bishra. 3. The alleged detenue- Prinka has been produced before this Court by Sub-Inspector, Shri Adarsh Kumar Maurya and a lady Constable Ms. Sunita. 4. Prinka @ Priyanka has categorically stated that she is living with her father out of her own free will, her husband- Indra Raj had forced her to marry him and that she does not want to joint the company of Indra Raj. 5. In view of the aforesaid categorical statement made by the detenue Smt. Prinka @ Priyanka, the allegation of illegal detention does not appear to be correct.

6. Accordingly, the petition has no force and the same is hereby dismissed. May 29, 2026 -Amit K- (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench