2024 INSC 370 NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.2194 OF 2022 NIRMALA ...APPELLANT (S) VERSUS KULWANT SINGH & ORS. ...RESPONDENT (S) J U D G M E N T B.R. GAVAI, J. 1. The present appeal is filed against the final judgment and order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court,1 dated 23rd August, 2022. The High Court vide the impugned judgment allowed the petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, by the respondent No. 1 herein,2 who is the father of the detenu/minor child and directed the appellant herein,3 i.e., the 1 Hereinafter, High Court 2 Hereinafter, respondent-father 3 Hereinafter, appellant-grandmother 1maternal grandmother to hand over the custody of the minor child to respondent-father. 2. Aggrieved by the impugned judgment, the appellant- grandmother has filed the present petition. Notice was issued by this Court on 23rd September, 2022 and it was directed that in the meantime, the child shall