ORDER

1. Exemption allowed.

2. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner.

3. The grievance in the present writ petition is that the occurrence had taken place in the month of May and, in that very month, on 11-5-2008, the written report was submitted by the •petitioner before the officer in charge of the police station concerned, who sat tight over the matter. Thereafter, when the Superintendent of Police was moved, a first information report (for short 9 "FIR") was registered. Even thereafter, steps were not taken either for apprehending the accused or recovery of the minor girl child.

4. It is a matter of experience of one of us (B.N. Agrawal, J.) while acting as Judge of the Patna High Court, Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court and Judge of this Court that in spite of law laid down by this Court, the police authorities concerned do not register FIRs unless some direction is given by h the Chief Judicial Magistrate or the High Court or this Court. Further, experience shows that even after orders are passed by the courts concerned for registration of the case, the police does not take the necessary steps and when matters are brought to the notice of the inspect