IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.794 of 2008 ---- Ganeshi Rishi son of Radhey Rishi, resident of Rampur Duwania, P.S.Mufassil, District Purnea …… Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Superintendent of Police, Purnea, Bihar. 5. The Superintendent of Police, Sahibganj, Jharkhand. 6. The Officer-in-Charge, Muffassil Police Station, Purnea, Bihar. 7. The Officer-in-Charge, Town Thana, Sahibganj, Jharkhand. 8. Sri Narayan Thakur, The Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police- cum- Investigation Officer, Mufassil Police Station, Purnea, Bihar. …… Respondents ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Gautam Kejriwal, Advocate Mr. Akash Chaturvedi, Advocate For the respondent- : Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Nos. 1 to 6 Junior Counsel to Additional Advocate General-II -------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ----- Dated, the 30th September, 2008 In compliance of our order passed earlier today, the Joint Registrar (Judicial) has recorded the statement of the girl Mira Kumari. She refused to give her father’s name to the Joint Registrar (Judicial). She stated that she did not know her parents. Since the age of five years, she stated that she has been staying with one B.K.Singh - 2 - (Bharat Singh) as his daughter and she has been married to one Munnu Lal Yadav. According to her statement, her husband is a driver and resides in Delhi. Although she has reported her age between 19 to 21 years, but according to the Joint Registrar (Judicial), she is about 17 years of age. 2. In this petition of habeas corpus, we do not intend to go into the question as to whether the petitioner is Mira Kumari’s father or not. Suffice it to say that the girl appears to be the age of understanding and she having refused the petitioner to be her father, no relief can be granted in this habeas corpus petition. 3. Writ petition is disposed of accordingly. 4. The petitioner may prosecute the appropriate remedy available to him in law for whatever grievance he may have if the girl Mira Kumari is his daughter. R. M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J. Sunil