IN RE: NEETU YADAV Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This criminal contempt has been placed before us on the directions as contained in the Division Bench judgment of this Court dated 24.6.2015. The direction of the Division Bench contained in para-14 of the judgment giving rise to this criminal contempt is extracted hereunder.

(2.) We have gone through the entire judgment and in order to seek assistance in the matter, we have heard learned AGA as well as Sri Daya Shankar Mishra, counsel who had appeared in the Habeas Corpus Petition for the detenue on the issue so raised.

(3.) It appears that a Habeas Corpus Petition was preferred in the name of Chandni Yadav. The FIR which was registered in Case Crime No. 326 of 2014, police station Kotwali, district Allahabad on 18.11.2014 is stated to contain the names of several females including one Chandni Yadav. It appears that she was sent to the Women's Protection Home, Agra under the orders of the Magistrate thereafter. The petition seeking her release for the benefit of the above named Chandni Yadav was supported by an affidavit of Neetu Yadav contending that the detention of Chandni Yadav is unlawful, in inasmuch, as it is contrary to the provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 and is even otherwise violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.