THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HONOURABLE SRI B.CHANDRA KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.7233 of 2010 ORAL ORDER: (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice D.S.R.Varma) Heard learned Assistant Government Pleader, representing learned Advocate General, appearing for the respondents. 2. The mother of the alleged detenue filed this writ petition seeking to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents-Police to produce her daughter by name T.Prathiba, W/o Shyam Kumar, before this Court and set her at liberty. 3. It is the grievance of the petitioner that on 18.03.2010, at about 8 am., her daughter who is the alleged detenue went to Bazar and did not return home and that though a complaint had been lodged before the Police Station, Begumpet, on 23.03.2010 requesting to trace out her missing daughter, the respondents are not taking any action. Hence, the present writ petition. 4. It appears that the alleged detenue is found missing from her matrimonial house. 5. In response to the notice sent by this Court, respondent No.3-Inspector of Police, Begumpet Police Station, Hyderabad, filed counter-affidavit, inter alia, stating that the alleged detenue by name T.Prathiba, aged about 20 years, was found missing since 18.03.2010 and basing on the complaint lodged by the petitioner herein, Crime No.88 of 2010 was registered under the heading “Woman Missing” and investigation was taken up, during which, the complainant was examined and her statement was recorded. The statement of the husband of the alleged detenue by name Shyam Kumar @ Sham Rao was also recorded. Subsequently, the investigating officer informed to the main Police Control Room to flash the message of missing woman to all the Police Stations of twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and Look Out Notice was also prepared and sent to all the Police Stations of twin cities. The same was intimated to the print media and one Constable was also deputed to tally the photograph of the alleged detenue with the unidentified dead bodies, but none of them tallied with the photograph of the alleged detenue. Similarly, several steps that were taken by the Police have been narrated in the counter-affidavit. 6. From the above we are of the view that considerable qualitative investigation has been conducted, in spite of which the missing woman could not be traced. Admittedly, she is a major. Notwithstanding the said fact, a complaint had been lodged before the Police about her missing, and several steps, as stated above, have been already taken by the Police pursuant to the registration of the Crime and the investigation is still going on. Therefore, it is expedient to close the writ petition with a direction to the Police concerned to continue the investigation with all intensity and report to this Court through the Registrar (Judicial) as and when the missing woman is traced and also to file a final report after enquiry before the Magistrate concerned. 7. With the above directions and observations, the writ petition is closed. However, there shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA ____________________________ JUSTICE B.CHANDRA KUMAR 12th April 2010 dr