Ind. Code § 34-25.5-1-1 : CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE — SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS: HABEAS CORPUS — PERSONS ENTITLED TO WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS —25.5-1-1 - Persons entitled to writ TEXT PDF Every person whose liberty is restrained, under any pretense whatever, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of the restraint, and shall be delivered from the restraint if the restraint is illegal. IC 34-25.5-1-1 Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-57-1. As added by P.L. 1-1998, SEC.21.