BABY KM NIKITA MATHUR Vs. PRAVEEN MATHUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) A. S. Gill, J. This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution. The petitioner in this petition is the wife of opposite party Praveen Mathur. The marriage was performed at Delhi where the petitioner lived with her husband. She claimed to have been ill-treated by her in-laws, who are arrayed as opposite parties, on account of certain dowry articles which were asked for to be brought from her parents. She also claims to have been turned out of the house on several occasions. She also gave birth to a daughter named now Nikita Mathur and is said to be agued about 7 months but now more than a year, as she is said to have been born on 22nd February, 1995. It is alleged that on 24th September, 19j5 the petitioner was given merciless beating and she was threatened. She claims to have left the house leaving the infant child and is living at Lucknow. She has filed the present petition for production of the minor daughter Nikita and its custody to her.

(2.) ON presentation of the petition, notices were issued to the opposite parties and direction was issued for production of the child in this Court. Today a counter-affidavit has been filed on behalf of the opposite parties. However, the child is said to be lying ill and could not be produced today.