IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.1304 of 2010 CHANCHAL KUMAR, S/O SRI KAMAL PD SHAHI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE – HARKA, MAN SHAHI, VIA- MINAPUR, P.S. MINAPUR, DISTRICT – MUZAFFARPUR. …………. PETITIONER. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, MUZAFFARPUR. 3. THE SUB-DIVISIONAL MAGISTRATE, MUZAFFARPUR EAST, MUZAFFARPUR. 4. HARENDRA KUMAR SINGH, S/O SRI SATRUGHANA PD. SINGH 5. AJITESH KUMAR, S/O HARENDRA KUMAR SINGH 6. VINITA KUMARI, W/O CHANCHAL KUMAR. RESPONDENTS NO. 4 TO 6 ALL ARE RESIDENT OF VILLAGE – PURA, P.S. GAIGHAT, DISTRICT – MUZAFFARPUR. ………. RESPONDENTS. ----------- 02/ 21.12.2010 Petitioner claims to be the husband of Vinita Kumari (Respondent No. 6). He has annexed the card printed at the time of their marriage along with the criminal writ application, in support of his claim that his marriage with Vinita Kumari was solemnized on 2.6.2010. Petitioner is aggrieved on account of refusal by his father-in-law in allowing his daughter to come to her matrimonial home and live with the petitioner so that she can discharge her matrimonial obligation. Petitioner’s case is that his wife had gone in the company of her father (Respondent No. 4) on the occasion of Mundan but thereafter she is not being allowed to come. Respondent No. 4 is asking for some money in lieu of allowing his daughter to go to her matrimonial home. Petitioner has annexed his application filed before the S.D.O., Muzaffarpur East 2 (Respondent No. 3) under Section 98 of the Cr.P.C. for taking action in this regard and get released his wife from illegal confinement of her father. The application filed by the petitioner on 15.9.2010 before the Sub-divisional Officer, Muzaffarpur East is still pending, as stated in the criminal writ application. This application is being disposed of, directing the petitioner to pursue his application pending before the S.D.O., Muzaffarpur East. The S.D.O., Muzaffapur East (Respondent No. 3) is also directed to look into the matter and dispose of pending application of the petitioner in accordance with law, preferably within four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. DKS/ (Mridula Mishra, J.) (Dharnidhar Jha, J.)