IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.32 of 2011 SIMA DEVI W/O LATE BIJAY SAH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE ABJUGANJ,POLICE STATION SULTANGANJ, P.O.SULTANGANJ, DISTRICT BHAGALPUR ---- PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE HOME SECRETARY, BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE,BIHAR,PATNA 4. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE,BHAGALPUR 5. THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE 6. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, BHAGALPUR 7. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, BHAGALPUR 8. THE OFFICER INCHARGE, SULTANGANJ POLICE STATION 9. THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER OF SULTANGANJ POLICE CASE NO. 105 OF 2007, BHAGALPUR ---- RESPONDENTS ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Singh For the State : Mr. V.K.Singh, S.C.V -------- 07/ 27.04.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Through this writ petition the petitioner has prayed that her husband Bijay Sah be traced. On behalf of the State, a counter affidavit has been filed stating therein that the petitioner’s husband is an absconder of Sultanganj P.S.Case No. 58 of 2007 which has been lodged for offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner apprehends that her husband might have been killed. This court cannot direct the State to trace out a person who is already an accused 2 in a murder case. For that purpose, the criminal courts are there and through execution of processes, the criminal court will do whatever it is expected. Accordingly, this court is not required to issue any direction to the State authority to trace out the husband of the petitioner. In the result, this writ petition is without merit and is dismissed. Tahir/- ( Shyam Kishore Sharma, J. ) ( Gopal Prasad, J.)