IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.737 of 2010 Anil Kumar s/o late Ram Babu Sah, resident of Danka Imli, Gulzarbagh, P.S. Alamgunj, District- Patna. …………….. Petitioner Versus 1. State Of Bihar through its Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat Building, Patna. 2. The Principal Secretary, Home, Old Secretariat Building, Patna. 3. The Director General of police-cum- Inspector General of Police, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Inspector General of Police, Patna Region, Patna. 5. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna. 6. The City Superintendent of Police, Patna. 7. The Officer-in-Charge, Alamgunj Police Station, Patna. 8. Shri Vishnu Sharma s/o presently not known to the petitioner, Sub Inspector-cum-Investigating Officer, Alamgunj Police station, Patna. 9. The Dy.S.P., Patnacity, Patna. ……………..Respondents ----------- 13 26.7.2011 The petitioner is the hapless father of a minor girl, who is said to have been kidnapped. An FIR was lodged.The boy surrendered but being a juvenile he has been remanded to After Care Home at Gaighat, Patna. This writ application has been filed and has been pending for over a year with a prayer for a direction to the police to recover the girl. On behalf of the State counter affidavits have been filed stating therein that they have made efforts to trace out the girl. Photo has been published in newspaper and flashed on Doordarshan. .They have tried to trace out the parents of the boy but they are absconding. They say that in such a situation their efforts would continue. They further say that some more time would be required to trace out the girl in question. Having considered the matter, we are of the opinion that the Director General of police, Bihar, Patna should consider immediately constituting a special cell where cases of 2 kidnapping should be reported especially in which kidnapped persons are traceless for a considerable period, so that effective steps to monitor is taken at a central level. We feel so because invariably what happens is that once for a long time a kidnapped or abducted person is traceless, charge sheet is filed-case true with no clue and forgotten, leaving the near and dear ones to make effort on their own. In a welfare State like ours the same cannot be permitted. This needs central monitoring from time to time so that such abducted or kidnapped persons do not become lost and forgotten issues. We hope that the Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna will consider the matter seriously in view of repercussion specially when we deal with the faith of people in the police and the government. Effective monitoring at the highest level at regular interval would only help in recovering the victims, who may be taken across Districts or States. We request the Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna, to look into this matter and the matter of this petitioner as well and ensure regular monitoring , so that abducted or kidnapped persons are not lost and forgotten for all times. With these observations and directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. Let a copy of this order be sent to Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna forthwith. Singh ( Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.) (Ashwani Kumar Singh,J)