Additional Public Prosecutor V M R Rajendran submitted that the woman, Padma, was involved in several criminal cases and is absconding. He said that "neither the Tamil Nadu police or the Andhra Pradesh police arrested Padma."
A division bench comprising Justice A Selvam and Justice Pon Kalaiyarasan, while considering a habeas corpus petition filed by the woman's husband Vivek, ordered Superintendent of Police, Tamil Nadu Q Branch "to secure" her and posted the matter for further hearing to September 14.