SUSHIL MANDAL Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Sushil Mandal, a distraught father, is knocking on the doors of this 'Temple of Justice', seeking production of his 17 year old son Sandesh, a student of Class XI of Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Hosur, whom he firmly believes to be still alive and is in the illegal custody of one Rajkumar, the second respondent herein. This case has a chequered history and the factual matrix is as under:

(2.) Heard Mr. R. Sankara Subbu, learned counsel for Sushil Mandal, Mr. L. Baskaran, the learned counsel appearing for Rajkumar and Mr. N. Chandrasekaran, the learned Special Public Prosecutor for CBI cases.

(3.) Mr.Sankarasbbu, learned counsel for the petitioner, contended as follows: