IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.1300 of 2010 Meena Devi, W/o Indrajeet Singh, resident of Village- Bisanpur, Taraura, P.S. Mahua, District- Vaishali. ………..Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Home Secretary, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Director General Police, Bihar, Patna. 5. The Inspector General Police, Muzaffarpur. 6. The Deputy Inspector General of Police, West Champaran, Bettiah. 7. The Superintendent of Police, West Champaran, Bettiah. 8. Dy. S.P., Bagaha, District- West Champaran, Bettiah. 9. The Sub Inspector-cum-Officer-in-Charge, Bagaha. 10. The Post Master General, Post & Telegraph Department, Muzaffarpur. 11. The Post Master, Rampur Post Office, Bagaha, West Champaran, Bettiah. …….Respondents. For the petitioner :- Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, Advocate. For the State :- Mr. Gautam Bose, A.A.G. 8. Mr. S. M. Ghosh, A.C. to A.A.G.8. For Union of India :- Mr. Binay Kumar Pandey, C.G.C. ----------- 5. 10. 03. 2011. Heard the parties. The petitioner is wife of one Indrajeet Singh, resident of Bishanpur, Taraura, P.S. Mahua, District- Vaishali. She has preferred this criminal writ petition seeking directions upon the respondents to investigate Bagaha P.S. No. 14 of 2005, in a better manner with a view to locate the missing husband of the petitioner and provide his whereabouts to the petitioner without any delay. 2 The stand of the respondents-State is that in spite of best efforts made it could be only gathered that husband of the petitioner was last seen at Bagaha railway station on or about alleged date of disappearance, 24.12.2004. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is facing hardship and financial problems because the Department of Post where her husband was working has not provided any service benefits/ retiral benefits/death benefits to the petitioner so far. In this regard the stand of the respondents shows that unless the Police finds out the missing person or traces his whereabouts , the authorities will have to wait at least seven years from the date of last seen or heard as alive. In the facts and circumstances, the criminal writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Police authorities, particularly, the Investigating Officer to make more efforts for solving the case relating to disappearance of the petitioner's husband. So far financial hardship of the petitioner is concerned, she is entitled to file a representation before Postal Authorities and it is expected that they shall 3 consider such representation sympathetically and provide monetary benefits to the petitioner if the rules permit for the same as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of three months. m.p. ( Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Gopal Prasad, J.)