IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.689 of 2009 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Renu Kumari D/o Ram Iqbal Singh, Vill. Sonma, Post – Bathanaha, Distt. Sitamarhi …… Petitioners Versus 1. INSPECTOR GENERAL,PRISON, Bihar, Patna 2. Superintendent of Police, Sitamarhi 3. Haider Khan, Section Officer, District Jail, Sitamarhi 4. Superintendent of Jail, Sitamarhi 5. The State of Bihar ……. Respondents ----------- 05- 24.12.2009 Heard Mr. Nirmal Kumar, learned Govt. Pleader no.IV for the State of Bihar and its functionaries, and Mr. Janardan Prasad Singh for Renu Kumari. This writ petition was instituted on the basis of a letter written by Renu Kumari to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of this Court which has been converted into a writ petition. It is stated therein that her father and full brother were released from jail and were thereafter traceless and abducted by persons accused in a criminal case started by her father and brother. It is further stated that those accused persons had started a counter case against her father and brother. We are informed at the Bar that in the meanwhile a third criminal case relating to abduction of her father and brother has been instituted. In the background of these facts, Renu Kumari submitted that the local police may be directed to recover her father and brother. 2. In pursuance of our order dated 17.12.2009, Renu Kumari and the Superintendent of Police, Sitamarhi, are present. 3. It appears from a perusal of records as well as the 2 submissions at the Bar that the father and the brother of Renu Kumari have since been recovered at Raxaul, have been set at liberty, and are at their home. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of as having become infructuous. 4. Learned counsel for Renu Kumari, however, submits that statements of the victims under Section 164, Cr.P.C. have not been recorded in the criminal case started by Champa Devi, mother of Renu Devi. We are mindful of the position that the three criminal cases appear to be inter-conncted. The SP, Sitamarhi, is personally present in Court. He is hereby directed to take appropriate action in accordance with law in the three criminal cases, inter alia, under Section 164, Cr.P.C. 5. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. ( S K Katriar ) ( Kishore K Mandal ) mrl