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2025 DAILYLAW 108133 (ALL)

RADHA DEVI v. State of UP AND 3 OTHERS

CRLP/21192/2024 · 2025-05-15

Madan Pal Singh, Siddhartha Varma

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:80946-DB Court No. - 44 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 21192 of 2024 Petitioner :- Radha Devi Respondent :- State Of Up And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Aditya Singh,Jitendra Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- Aditya Kumar Kushwaha, Alok Krishan Tripathi,G.A. Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Madan Pal Singh,J. 1. This writ petition was filed with the following reliefs :- "i. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to Respondent No.2 and Respondent No.3 to take immediate and effective steps to locate and recover the petitioner's missing daughter, Riya Maurya alias Richa, who has been missing since 13th March 2024 and to provide the petitioner with regular updates on the progress of the investigation. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction to Respondent No.2 to ensure a fair investigation in Case Crime/FIR No.0112 of 2024, under section 366 and 363 of the Indian Penal Code, at Police Station Khaga, Fatehpur. iii. Issue a writ, order or direction to the Investigating Officer (I.O.) to conclude the investigation within the stipulated period or within such period as deemed appropriate by this Hon'ble Court." 2. On various occasions, the State was directed to trace out the victim. Today, Sri A.K. Sand, learned Government Advocate along with Sri Amit Sinha, learned AGA has appeared and has stated that the missing daughter of the petitioner Riya Maurya @ Richa has been traced out and has been handed over to the mother Radha Devi. 3. In this view of the matter, we are of the view that the prayer no.1 of the writ petition need not be adjudicated upon. However, so far as other prayers of the writ petition are concerned, we are confident that the investigation shall proceed in accordance with law. No further order is required to be passed. 4. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Order Date :- 16.5.2025 GS (Madan Pal Singh, J.) (Siddhartha Varma, J.) Digitally signed by :- GAUTAM SONI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad