The lawyer representing convert K Pathmanathan @ Mohd Ridhuan Abdullah said the police had not contacted him over his client's whereabouts.

Hatem Musa, however said he was willing to assist the cops if they contacted him.

"I will try my best (if police want)," he told reporters, maintaining that he was acting for Ridhuan in the conversion case only and not matters concerning child custody.

Two weeks ago, he told the court and reporters that he managed to contact Ridhuan to get instructions through a third party.

He did not reveal who the third party was, but said he believed his client was in the country.

Ridhuan has not been present in the proceedings at the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Federal Court, and a warrant of arrest was issued against him.

He and his ex-wife Indira Gandhi are locked in a protracted custody battle, which is muddled by the unilateral conversion of their children to Islam by the father.

Hatem said despite the court not delivering its decision today, he hopes that both Ridhuan and Indira Gandhi would be able to resolve the matter in a truly peaceful manner.

“Ridhuan has become a Muslim and I certainly hope that this could end well,” he said.

Earlier, Chief Judge of Malaya Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, who chaired the five-member bench, asked whether Ridhuan was in court.

Justice Zulkefli said he was concerned that the police were unable to execute the order to arrest him.

"We do not want the people to say the court is not concerned, as we want to know (of his whereabouts).

"So the warrant of arrest remains unexecuted, and with all the enforcement (powers available to you, yet) you (police) cannot trace (him)," said the visibly irate judge.