1` IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Writ Petition No. 371/2010 Smt. Indra @ Daya w/o Premchand Mulchandani vs. State of Maharashtra and others. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's or directions and Registrar's orders. Orders. CORAM : A.P.LAVANDE & P.D.KODE,JJ DATE : 13.8.2010 Heard Mr. V.R. Mundra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. T.A.Mirza, learned APP for the respondents. Additional reply filed on behalf of the respondents is taken on record. It is the case of the petitioner who is the mother of Geeta that her daughter Geeta has been missing since 27.1.2010. Pursuant to the report lodged by the petitioner on 12.2.2010 First Information Report was registered on 28.5.2010 for the offences punishable under Sections 366, 368 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code against the suspects. By this petition, the petitioner seeks direction against the respondents to conduct appropriate inquiry into the matter and further direction to produce Geeta before this Court. The petitioner has further prayed that action be taken against the respondents for their inaction. The 2` petitioner has also claimed compensation. Reply filed on behalf of the respondents discloses that various steps have been taken by the respondent no.3 to trace out Geeta but till date the police have not been successful in tracing Geeta. Another grievance made by the petitioner during the course of hearing is that DNA test of petitioner's husband has not been conducted and the respondents are demanding expenses for conducting the DNA test. Affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents discloses that the State Government is ready and willing to conduct DNA test at its own costs in order to verify whether the dead body found on 18.3.2010 is that of Geeta. In view of the affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent, the grievance made by the petitioner no more survives. Upon perusal of the record we are satisfied that the respondents are taking appropriate steps to inquire into disappearance of Geeta and to find out whether any offence has been committed qua Geeta. Mr. T.A.Mirza, learned APP for the respondent states that the respondents 3 and 4 shall continue to investigate into the disappearance of Geeta and in the event commission of any offence is disclosed qua Geeta appropriate steps shall be taken. We accept the statement made on behalf of the respondents 3 and 4. 3` We expect the petitioner and her husband to cooperate in the inquiry/investigation which would be carried out by respondents 3 and 4. In view of the above, the petition stands disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE patle