Petitioner filed writ petition for rescue of minor daughter. Court noted victim rescued by State and placed in short-stay home as she did not wish to go to parents. Deemed infructuous as no illegal detention remained and disposed of the petition.
Writ petition disposed of as infructuous.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
WPCRL No.65 of 2022
Ananta Kumar Patra
…. Petitioner
Mr.P.C. Jena, Advocate
-versus-
State of Odisha & others
…. Opp. Parties
Mrs. Saswata Pattnaik, Addl. Government Advocate
CORAM:
JUSTICE S.K. SAHOO AND JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN
ORDER Order No. 07.06.2022 01. This matter is taken up through Hybrid arrangement (video conferencing/physical mode). Heard Mr. P.C. Jena, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. Saswata Pattnaik, learned Addl. Government Advocate for the State.
Order No.
This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner Ananta Kumar Patra with a prayer to cause production/rescue of his minor daughter.
The matter was called in the first hour, learned Addl. Government Advocate for the State was asked to ensure the appearance of the Inspector-in-Charge of Bhogarai Police Station before this Court through virtual mode and the matter was directed to be taken up at 11.30 a.m.
Mr. Pravanjan Behera, Inspector-in-Charge of
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Bhogarai Police Station is present through virtual mode.
Learned Addl. Government Advocate for the State on instruction submitted that the victim minor girl has already been rescued since 6th June 2022 and as she was not interested to go to her parents place, she has been kept in a short-stay home, namely, Kasturuba Narisangha, Balasore.
Considering the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the instruction received by the learned Addl. Government Advocate for the State, since at present there is no illegal detention of the minor daughter of the petitioner, the writ petition has become infructuous and accordingly the same stands disposed of as such.
PKSahoo
(S.K. Sahoo) Vacation Judge (M.S. Raman) Vacation Judge
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Ananta Kumar Patra
State of Odisha
S.K. Sahoo
M.S. Raman
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