IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.958 of 2011 Laxman Basfor son of late Ramjit Basfor, resident of Mohalla-Gopalganj near Block Office, P.S.- gopalganj, District- Gopalganju. Versus 1.The State Of Bihar 2.The Superintendent of Police, East Champaran (Motihari) 3. The Superintendent of Police, Gopalganj 4.The Officer-in-charge, P.S.-Banjariya, District- East Champaran (Motihari) 5.Kajal Devil wife of Laxman Basfor, presently in custody of her father Birendra Mali, resident of Mohalla-Janpur Chauk, Ward No.3, Motihari, P.S.-Banjariya, District- East Champaran(Motihari) 6. Birendra Mali, son of Loha Mali, Resident of Mohalla-Janpur Chauk, Ward No.3, Motihari, P.S.-Banjariya, District- East Champaran(Motihari) ----------- 2. 26.9.2011. The petitioner claims to be husband of respondent no.5 Kajal Devil, who is daughter of respondent no.6, Birendra Mali. The petitioner claims that they were married and living together but on false pretext she was taken away from him and now is not being permitted to join the petitioner. This happened on 10.6.2011. Having tried to persuade her father and others to return her to the petitioner and having failed the petitioner has filed complaint being Complaint Case No.2051 of 2011 before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj which is allegedly pending. He has filed this writ petition for production of the said girl. In our view, if allegations are correct it would be, prima facie, an offence under section 339/340 of the Indian Penal Code punishable under section 341 of the Indian Penal Code but before this court can think of intervention, the petitioner has statutory remedy as contemplated under section 97/98 of the Code of Criminal Procedure which authorizes the designated 2 authority inter alia to take appropriate action in that regard. In view of the aforesaid, we direct the petitioner to ventilate his grievance before the District Magistrate either at Gopalganj or at Motihari as he may be advised under section 97/98 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Considering the sensitivity of the matter we would expect the District Magistrate who may be moved to act expeditiously before any harm may be caused to the lady in question. Once the lady is produced before the District Magistrate it would be his duty to verify the assertion of the petitioner and take appropriate decision in that regard. We may, however, clarify that we have not expressed any opinion on merit of the matter which would be determined by the authority concerned. With these observations and directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Md.S. (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.) ( Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)