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BASANT, J.

The petitioner, a young man, aged about 34 years, has come to this Court with this petition for issue of a writ of habeas corpus to search for, trace and produce his wife Prasila (hereinafter referred to as `the alleged detenue'), a woman aged about 37 years with two children (daughters, aged 14 and 11 years).

2. According to the petitioner, the alleged detenue Prasila was earlier married to another person. In that relationship, two children (now aged 14 and 11 years - both daughters) were born. The alleged detenue along with the children was residing in a house which belonged jointly to her and her two children. After the death of her husband, the alleged detenue developed intimacy with the petitioner. They fell in love. They decided to get married. They allegedly got married in accordance with the customary and religious rites of Hindu community, to which both belong, on 02.08.2010 at the Purameri Karayattu Vishnu Temple. Respondents 1 and 2 are  the parents of the alleged detenue. They did not approve of the relationship between the petitioner and the alleged detenue. On the date of marriage in the night, the alleged detenue and children were forcibly taken away from the house where the alleged detenue resides along with her children. She was taken away forcibly to the house of respondents 1 and 2. The children were later shifted from the schools, which they were attending and have now been admitted to new schools. The petitioner is not permitted to have any contact with the alleged detenue. In these circumstances, the petitioner filed a petition before the learned Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Vadakara, under Section 97 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The alleged detenue was produced before the learned Magistrate. She was allegedly threatened and intimidated and she stated before Court that she was not confined by anyone. The petitioner and his wife were not permitted to interact. She was taken away from the court premises by respondents 1 and 2 and their henchmen on 18.09.2010. She continues under detention and confinement. It is, with these grievances, that the petitioner came to this Court with this petition on 08.12.2010.

6. After the lunch recess, we interacted with the alleged detenue alone initially and later in the presence of her parents and brother. Subsequently we interacted with the alleged detenue in the presence of the petitioner also. The learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned counsel for respondents 1 and 2 and the learned Government Pleader were also present.

7. The alleged detenue and the petitioner assert before us categorically that after the death of the husband of the  alleged detenue, they have fallen in love. They have decided to get married and they had got married on 02.08.2010 at the Purameri Karayattu Vishnu Temple. They were not permitted to live together by the relatives of the alleged detenue. They assert that they want to leave the Court together and resume cohabitation as husband and wife.