IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR.W.J.C. No.758 of 2009 VISHAL ANAND, S/O SRI SHIV KUMAR PD. SINHA, R/O VILL – NANDPURA, P.O. MAKHDUMPUR, DISTRICT JAHANABAD .. PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVT. OF BIHAR, OLD SECRETARIAT, PATNA 2. THE HOME COMMISSIONER, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE SPECIAL SECRETARY, HOME (POLICE) DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, OLD SECRETARIAT, PATNA 4. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 5. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, DISTRICT BEGUSARAI 6. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, DISTRICT JAMUI 7. THE UNION OF INDIA 8. THE C.B.I., THROUGH IT’S DIRECTOR, CHANAKYAPURI, NEW DELHI 9. THE D.S.P., C.B.I., CHANAKYAPURI, NEW DELHI .. RESPONDENTS **** For the petitioner .. Mr. Subodh Kumar Jha, Adv. For the Union of India .. Mr. Gopesh Kr., C.G.C. For the State .. Mr. Mritunjay Kr. A.C. to A.A.G. XIV. **** /11/ 11 February 2011 On hearing the parties this Court finds that investigation into the relevant facts relating to disappearance of petitioner’s father in the year 2003 from Delhi has been carried out and as a result the employer of petitioner’s father, which is Police 2 Department, Government of Bihar, has accepted him to be dead. These developments during the pendency of the writ petition have led to payment of death-cum- retiral benefits to the petitioner and other heirs of the deceased as per law. Learned counsel for the petitioner fairly submits that this criminal writ petition has now lost it’s utility and, hence, he may be permitted to withdraw the same with a liberty that if petitioner is aggrieved by any decision of the employer of the petitioner’s father he may file representation or pursue his remedy through appropriate proceeding. The prayer is allowed. This writ petition is disposed off as infructuous. The petitioner will have the liberty aforesaid. S.A. (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) ( Gopal Prasad, J.)