IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.411 of 2009 MEGHNATH RAI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 4/ 23/11/2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State as also for Respondents 9 & 10. This matter has been listed with regard to issuance of fresh notice to Respondent no. 8. The petitioner’s daughter, a student of Bankipur Girls’ High School, aged approximately over 17 years, is alleged to have been abducted by Respondent no. 8. The father of the boy, who has appeared, states that the two have married. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that his only anxiety is the welfare of his daughter. With consent of the counsels for the parties, this matter has been taken up by us for final disposal at this stage, as We are satisfied that the present may not be an appropriate stage for interference by this Court in the matter. Kankarbagh P.S. Case No. 464 of 2008 has been lodged by the petitioner already. A protest petition is also stated to have been filed by the son of the petitioner before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna. 2 Once the Police is in seisin of a statutory investigation under the Code of Criminal Procedure and a petition with regard to the investigation has been filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, the nomenclature being of a protest petition, it is for the Chief Judicial Magistrate to deal with the same appropriately in law. We are not satisfied that at present it shall be proper exercise of jurisdiction by us to interfere in the investigation in any manner. The application stands disposed with the aforesaid observations. AKS/ ( Navin Sinha, J.) (Kishore K. Mandal, J.)