IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.432 of 2011 Neela Devi, W/o-Shri Arun Kumar Shrivastava, resident of village+P.O.-Ruphara, P.S.-Sikarganj, District-East Champaran, at present residing in the house of Mr. Shyam Sunder Prasad, Mohalla-Belbanwa, P.S.-Town, P.O.-Motihari, District-East Champaran. ………Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The District Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari. 3. The Superintendent of Police, East Champaran, Motihari. 4. The Dy. S.P., Motihari, East Champaran. 5. The Officer Incharge, Town P.S., Motihari. 6. Mr. Sandeep Kumar, S/o Shri Trilok Prasad. 7. Mr. Trilok Prasad, S/o Late Nand Lal Prasad. 8. Smt. Girija Devi, W/o Shri Trilok Prasad. 9. Mrs. Nishi Kumar, D/o Shri Trilok Prasad. Respondents No. 6 to 9 are residents of village+ P.O.- Ruphara, P.S.-Sikarganj, District-East Champaran. 10. Smt. Chanda Devi, W/o Shri Bhola Prasad, resident of village-Begahi, P.S.-Bairgania, District-Sitamarhi. 11. Mr. Dhananjay Kumar, S/o not known to the petitioner, Son- in-law of Mr. Trilok Prasad, resident of village-Bakhari, P.S.- Dhaka, District-East Champaran. 12. Mrs. Reshmi Kumari, D/o Shri Arun Kumar Shrivastava, resident of village+P.O.-Ruphara, P.S.-Sikarganj, District- East Champaran, at present residing in the house of Mr. Shyam Sunder Prasad, Mohalla-Belbanwa, P.S.-Town, P.O.- Motihari, District-East Champaran. ………………..Respondents. ----------- 5 14.07.2011 This writ application has been filed by the petitioner is in the nature of Habeas Corpus, whose daughter, as per petitioner herself eloped with Sandeep Kumar. She has instituted a case under Section 366A of the IPC. A Counter affidavit has been filed, wherein it has been stated that the daughter of petitioner had filed a petition in the Chief Minister Janata Darbar, which had been forwarded from Chief Minister’s Secretariat to the Police, in which it is clearly stated by 2 the petitioner’s daughter that she is a major and out of her own free will she will be married to Sandeep Kumar and is even expecting a child out of the said wedlock. Learned counsel for the State submits that inspite of this in order to close the case, it is necessary to recover the girl and get her statement recorded so that necessary formalities can be done, but the problem is that the couple has gone into hiding and it is difficult to trace her. Learned counsel assures that no sooner the girl would be traced, she would be produced before the Court and petitioner would accordingly be informed. We hope that State would live up to the expectation of the Court. This writ petition is disposed of. Sanjeet/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.) (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)