HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. 16 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 16 of 2026 Baby Rishi (Minor) Thru. Natural Guardian Her Mother Smt. Kavita Soni .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Home Civil Sectt. Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Arun Kumar Chauhan, Saurabh Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Himanshu Tiwari, Upasana Singh, Vedika Dwivedi Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Arun Kumar Chauhan, the learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Mayank Sinha, the learned AGA for the State of U.P., Ms. Vedika Dwivedi, the learned counsel for the respondent Nos. 4 and 5. Ms. Upasana Singh has put in appearance on behalf of opposite party no. 6 and has filed vakalatnama which is taken on record. 2. The instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by Baby Rishi aged about 4 years through her mother Smt. Kavita Soni stating that the mother of the child had left her matrimonial home in the month of March, 2024 and started living at her parental house in Lucknow leaving minor Rishi in the custody of her husband- opposite party no. 6, to reform him. Afte