Rajan Sah @ Rajan Kumar vs State of Bihar

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2022 Supreme(Pat) 638

RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD
Rajan Sah @ Rajan Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Hans Lal Kumar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Md. Nadim Seraj.
For C.B.I. : Ms. Nivedita Nirvikar, Sr. Adv.

Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J.—Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader No. 5 for the State and learned Senior Counsel for the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Brief Facts of the case.

2. This criminal writ application has been filed by the father of a victim minor girl for a direction to the investigating agency to locate his daughter aged about 6 years who has gone missing since 16.02.2021 from Saraswati Puja Pandal built up in front of the house of the petitioner. It is stated that the victim girl was playing there when all of a sudden she went missing. In this connection, the petitioner has lodged a first information report giving rise to Brahmpura P.S. Case No. 58 of 2021 dated 17.02.2021 registered under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code. He provided a photograph of the victim girl to the investigating agency.

3. The grievance of the petitioner is that the local police has not taken appropriate action towards recovery of the victim girl. He has expressed his agony saying that he has been running from pillar to post for recovery of his minor daughter but nobody is taking care of his request. In this connection, he has submitted a representation to the Sen