1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 878 OF 2008 Shankar s/o Baswantrao Patil ..PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Mah. & ors. ..RESPONDENTS Mr Upendra B. Bilolikar, Advocate for the petitioner; Mr K.G. Patil, A.P.P. for respondents no.1 to 3. CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND A.V. NIRGUDE, JJ. DATE : 6th November, 2009 PER COURT : This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus for production of the son of the petitioner by name Bhujang. According to the petitioner on 10.8.2007 his son Bhujang went for withdrawal of money and thereafter Bhujang has not been seen alive by the petitioner and others. The petitioner took steps for tracing his missing son and since the efforts of the petitioner did not yield any fruit, the petitioner filed a missing report on 25.10.2007. Despite that the whereabouts of his son Bhujang were not traced and accordingly on 25.2.2008 the petitioner filed first information report expressing suspicion against the father-in-law of Bhujang. The police accordingly arrested the father-in-law of Bhujang and obtained the police custody remand and despite interrogation there was no clue to the whereabouts of Bhujang. 2 2. On notice being issued to the respondents, the respondents have filed their affidavit in reply and in the affidavit in reply the various steps which the respondents had taken for tracing the missing son of the petitioner are highlighted. Upon perusal of the affidavit in reply we are satisfied that the respondents have done everything that is humanly possible for tracing the missing son of the petitioner. We thus see no purpose in keeping this petition pending in this Court. We accordingly dismiss this petition but with a direction to the respondents to continue to take steps for tracing the missing son of the petitioner with the same zeal and enthusiasm shown earlier. 3. Petition is accordingly dismissed with no order as to costs. Notice of habeas corpus stands discharged. ( A.V. NIRGUDE, J.) ( P.V.HARDAS, J.) amj/criwp878.08