WP(C) 226/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (ACTING) THE HON’B LE MR. JUSTICE A.C.UPADHYAY Ranjan Gogoi, CJ(Acting). This taken up matter has been registered on the basis of a letter dated 16.12.20 09 filed by one Shafiur Rahman Khan and Ms. Celine Ledger alias Mehnaz Khan addr essed to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of this Court. In the said letter it had been mentioned that the daughter of the petitioners one Shaheen Khan, aged about 17 years and who is a student of Class-XI of Bishop Cotton Girls School, Bangalore , had come to Guwahati on 20.12.2008. According to the petitioners, on 27.12.200 8 their daughter along with two of her friends had gone to a movie hall in Guwah ati and thereafter their daughter has not returned home. According to the petiti oners, one Feroz Ahmed, S/o Ali Ahmed of Barpeta Road, had abducted their daught er. Accordingly, a F.I.R. was lodged before the Chandmari Police Station on the basis of which Chandmari P.S. Case No.572/2008 under Section 366(A), IPC was reg istered. In the letter to the Hon’ble Chief Justice the petitioners complained t hat the aforesaid case i.e. Chandmari P.S. Case No.572/2008 has not been investi gated properly as a result of which neither the daughter of the petitioners has been recovered nor the offender Feroz Ahmed has been arrested. After registration of the present suo motu writ petition on the basis of the sai d letter, notice was issued, inter alia, to the Senior Superintendent of Police, City, Guwahati. The said officer has filed an affidavit before this Court on 2 7th January, 2010 indicating the steps taken in the course of the investigation of Chandmari P.S. Case No.572/2008 and the facts which have been revealed as a r esult of the investigation of the said case. From the affidavit of the Senior Su perintendent of Police it appears that the daughter of the petitioners and the a lleged offender, Feroz Ahmed, were known to each other and were on good terms an d on the day of the occurrence the alleged victim girl had gone along with the a lleged offender on her own volition. The report of the Senior Superintendent of Police also indicates the various steps that were taken in the course of investi gation of the case including the details of the persons examined; the statements made by them as well as the details of the various places where the police had gone in search of the alleged offender and the victim and the result thereof. By order dated 26.3.2010 this Court had directed the Senior Superintendent of Po lice, City, Guwahati to submit a supplementary status report of investigation of the Chandmari P.S. Case No.572/2008 by today. The Senior Superintendent of Poli ce has accordingly submitted the said status report under his covering letter da ted 31.3.2010 addressed to the learned Govt. Advocate, Assam. We have perused th e said status report submitted by the Senior Superintendent of Police. From the said report it appears that the investigation of the case is continuing and as l ate as on 30th of March, 2010 the house of alleged offender at Barpeta Road was visited by the investigation team and further that attempts have been made to in terrogate the parents and other relatives of the alleged offender to find out th e whereabouts of the victim girl and the offender. The report of the Senior Supe rintendent of Police further indicates other steps that have been taken in the c ourse of investigation of the case including publication of the photographs of t he accused and the alleged victim girl to enable information to be collected as to their whereabouts. From the above it clearly transpires that the investigation of Chandmari P.S. Ca se No.572/2008 is being vigorously pursued by the investigating agency and from the materials placed before the Court it cannot be said that there has been any laches or inaction on the part of the investigating agency. A suo motu action initiated on the basis of allegations that the investigation o f the case is not being carried out properly, in our considered view, ought not to be kept indefinitely pending. What the Court has to be satisfied is whether t he ongoing investigation is being conducted in a proper manner. Judged from the aforesaid perspective we will have no occasion to find any fault with the invest igation of Chandmari P.S. Case No.572/2008 carried out till date. Accordingly, w e are of the opinion that this suo motu writ petition should be closed with an o rder to the Senior Superintendent of Police, City, Guwahati to ensure further in vestigation of the matter by taking all such steps as may be deemed necessary. A copy of this order be sent by the Registry to the two petitioners who may, the reafter, if so advised, obtain information with regard to the further progress o f the case from the Senior Superintendent of Police, City, Guwahati. A copy of t his order be also sent to the Senior Superintendent of Police, City, Guwahati. The writ petition shall stand disposed of in the above terms. The status report placed before the Court today by the learned Govt. Advocate, A ssam be kept on record.