Deonath Singh v. The State Of Bihar Through The Chief Secretary, Government Of Bihar, Patna and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: kidnapping; recovery/tracing of kidnapped victim girl; monitoring of police investigation via writ; charge-sheet submitted, accused identified, victim still missing; continuing efforts direction on disposal; security/protection for informant and family at SSP Patna's discretion; Ram Krishna Nagar P.S. Case No. 150/2014, Patna; CR. WJC; Patna High Court; single judge oral order. Parties: Deonath Singh (petitioner; counsel P.C. Jha, Keshav Kumar Jha, Rahul Kumar) v. State of Bihar through Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary (Home), IG and DIG Patna Range, DM Patna, SSP Patna, City SP East, SDPO Patna Sadar, OC Ram Krishna Nagar P.S., and Krishnadeo Prasad, S.I., investigating officer (counsel for State: Suman Kumar Jha, AC to AAG-3).
What did the court decide?
Direction to the police to keep efforts going on to trace out the victim girl whenever possible; decision on providing security to the petitioner or his family members left to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna as per the facts and circumstances.