1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.822 OF 2010 Bhausaheb s/o Rajaram Aadsare .. Petitioner Versus State of Maharashtra and ors. .. Respondents Mr.B.N.Magar, Advocate for petitioner Mr.D.R.Kale, A.P.P. for respondents 1 to 3 Mr.S.T.Shelke, Advocate for respondent No.4 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND A.V. POTDAR, JJ. DATE : 29th November 2010 PER COURT 1. This is a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus for producing Sangita, daughter of the present petitioner and wife of respondent No.4. According to the petitioner his daughter Sangita who was married to respondent No. 4 has been missing since 21.4.2010. According to the petitioner the petitioner nurtures an apprehension that his daughter Sangita may have been kept by present respondent No.4. Apparently, we do not find that any report in respect of the respondent No.4 having committed murder of Sangita has been filed. In any event, the reply filed on behalf of respondent-State and respondent No.4 reveals that respondent No.4 had lodged a report on 24.4.2010 informing the Police that his wife had left the 2 house on 21.4.2010 and had not been returned till then. The affidavit-in- reply filed on behalf of respondent-State further clarifies that on the basis of the report of respondent No.4, a complaint came to be registered as a missing complaint and every effort has been taken to trace Sangita. It further appears that an offence punishable under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against one Pralhad Vilas Chaoudhar, who is alleged to have abducted Sangita and accordingly, said Pralhad was arrested and after every effort, the whereabouts of Sangita could not be traced and ultimately, said Pralhad was released on bail. Affidavit-in-reply filed on behalf of respondent-State further clarifies that efforts are continued but the whereabouts of Sangita could not be traced. 2. The petition does not have any material on the basis of which this Court can issue directions as prayed for. In that light of the matter and in the light of the fact that efforts are continued by the Police for tracing the whereabouts of Sangita, we dismiss the petition with no order as to costs. ( A.V. POTDAR, J.) ( P.V. HARDAS, J.) (vvr/822.10criwp)