NIVIN VERMA vs STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. & ORS. & ORS.

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$~70 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 22nd January, 2025 + W.P.(CRL) 224/2025 & CRL.M.A. 1833/2025 NIVIN VERMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sangram Singh, Ms. Tripta Sharma & Ms. Ankita Mishra, Advs. M. No: 8700764340 along with petitioner in person. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR. & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel, with Ms. Priyam Agarwal & Mr. Abhinav Kumar Arya, Advs. for State. Insp. Ravinder Verma (SHO) with ASI Man Mohan, PS South Campus. R-2 in person along with her daughter (Through VC). CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. CRL.M.A. 1833/2025 (for exemption) 2. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Application disposed of. W.P.(CRL) 224/2025 3. The present petition has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner-Nivin Verma seeking issuance of a writ in the nature of habeas corpus for the production of his daughter, who is a minor aged about 11 years. The Petitioner is stated to be the father of the missing child. 4. A perusal of the petition would show that the Petitioner was married to Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(CRL) 224/2025 Page 1 of 4 By:RAHUL Signing Date:23.01.2025 18:17 the Respondent No.2 on 11th November, 2007. From the said wedlock, a daughter was born on 19th March, 2014. However, there is matrimonial discord between the parties and various facts have been pleaded in the petition. For the present purposes, though, it is relevant to note that the wife and the child are stated to have left the matrimonial home on 20th December, 2024 and since then the Petitioner has not met his daughter. Hence, the present petition. 5. Today, the wife and daughter of the Petitioner have joined th