1 wp.694-2011 acd IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 694 OF 2011 Yadubansh R. Singh ..Petitioner. Vs. Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents. ----- None for the Petitioner. Mr. Y.S. Shinde, APP for the State. ---- CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U.D. SALVI, JJ. AUGUST 11, 2011. P.C.: 1. This Petition prays for writ of habeas corpus and seeks to obtain the custody of one Shri Harinath Singh who is a near relation of the petitioner. The missing person was of 65 years of age, and was a resident of room no.27, Suryanagar, L.B.S. Marg, Vikroli (E), Mumbai. He left by Train no. 5017 from Mumbai so as to go to his native place in U.P. He travelled in the reserved second class (seat no.65, coach no.7) of the said train on 5.9.2009, and since then he was reported to be missing. He did not 2 wp.694-2011 reach Allahabad on 6.9.2009. The petitioner lodged a complaint and there was no response, and under these circumstances this Petition has been filed. 2. By our order dated 4.7.2011, we had directed Shri Dilip Chavan, Assistant Commissioner of Railway Police, Mumbai to undertake the investigation, and investigation report dated 8.8.2011 has been placed before us. 3. As per the said report on 6.9.2009 when the missing person reached at Satna railway station, he met with an accident at about 7.45 a.m. The register maintained by Satna Railway Police Station has been verified not only by the Investigating Officer but by the family members of the missing person, and more particularly his wife Shobha Harinath Singh who was also taken to the said railway station. ADR no.60 of 2009 under Section 174 of the Cr. P.C. was registered with the Satna Railway Police Station, and the personal belongings, as per the inquest panchanama drawn, were also shown to the family members of the missing person and they identified that it was the same missing person who died of accidental death on 6.9.2009. 3 wp.694-2011 4. All the papers have been received by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, CST Division Railway Police, Mumbai on 7.8.2011 from Satna Railway Police Station, and we have gone through these papers, and there is no reason to dis-believe the investigation report. The missing person Shri Harinath Singh died on 6.9.2009 at Satna Railway Station while he was travelling to Allahabad. 5. Hence, this Petition does not survive any further, and the same is dismissed as such. (U.D. SALVI, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)