The High Court disposed of a writ petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution directing a police respondent to produce the petitioner's missing son. The court found the petition infructuous as the missing person had returned home.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 6th DAY OF AUGUST, 2020
PRESENT
THE HON’BLE MRS.JUSTICE B.V.NAGARATHNA
AND
THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAVI V.HOSMANI
WPHC.NO.47/2020
BETWEEN :
SRI J.N.PRATHAPA SIMHA S/O NARASIMHA MURTHY, AGED 60 YEARS, R/AT NO.264, 5TH CROSS, KUVEMPU LAYOUT, CHICKASANDRA, BENGALURU-560 090. ... PETITIONER
(BY SRI AKASH B.SHETTY, ADV., THROUGH V.C)
AND:
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...RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI V.S.HEGDE, SPP-II )
THIS WPHC IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENT NO.4 TO PRODUCE THE CORPUS OF VIKRAM SIMHA, S/O PRATHAP SIMHA, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, R/AT NO.264, 5TH CROSS, KUVEMPU LAYOUT, CHICKASANDRA, BENGALURU-560 090, WHO IS MISSING SINCE 22.07.2020, BEFORE THIS HON’BLE COURT.
THIS WPHC COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, NAGARATHNA J., MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
We have heard the learned counsel for the
petitioner and learned SPP-II for the respondents through Video Conference.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits
that the writ petition has been rendered infructuous as the son of the petitioner namely Vikram Simha had been
to Dharmastala and since returned home, he, therefore,
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submits that the writ petition would not survive for consideration.
that the status report has also been filed and it has been stated that the son of the petitioner has returned home and that he had been to Dharmastala. As he returned
home on his own, nothing would survive in this matter.
respective parties is placed on record.
petition will no longer survive for further consideration. Hence, it stands disposed of.
Sd/JUDGE
Sd/-
JUDGE
PB
1 provisions across 1 enactments
S.J.N.Prathapa Simha
State of Karnataka
Commissioner of Police Bangalore
Assistant Commissioner of Police Yeshwantpur
Inspector of Police Soladevanahalli
B.V.Nagarathna
Ravi V.Hosmani
As recorded by the court registry
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