YASIR AYAZ vs STATE OF NCT DELHI & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 16th February, 2026 Pronounced on: 11th March, 2026 + W.P.(CRL) 2988/2024 & CRL.M.A. 11271/2025, CRL.M.A. 11272/2025 YASIR AYAZ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Khalid Akhtar, Mr. Maaz Akhtar, Mr. Abdullah Akhtar and Ms. Sana Anwar, Advs. versus STATE OF NCT DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel (Crl.) with Ms. Priyam Aggarwal, Mr. Aryan Sachdeva and Mr. Abhinav Kr. Arya, Advs. SI Deval Shalkhlan, PS Bhajanpura Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Manik Gupta, Mr. M. S. Khan, Ms. Neha Khan, Mr. Akbar Kaleem, Ms. Shaziya and Mr. Yasir Khan, Advs. for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is filed by the petitioner/husband seeking issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus directing Respondent No.2/mother of the minor W.P.(CRL) 2988/2024 Page 1 of 15 Signature Not Verified Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI Signing Date:11.03.2026 16:20 children, to produce the children before this Court and further seeks a direction for their return to the United Kingdom in terms of orders passed by the High Court of Justice, Family Division, London. Brief Facts 2. The petitioner/father and Respondent No.2/mother met in the United Kingdom in 2006 and after five years, they solemnized their marriage as per Islamic law in 2011 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and registered their marriage in Swansea, United Kingdom in March 2012. Out of the wedlock, two sons were born- “AA” having DOB as 04th March, 2014 and “MM” having DOB as 30th August, 2018. Both the children are British nationals, having been born in the United Kingdom, and had been residing in the United Kingdom since th