1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (PIL) No. 919 of 2021 Court on its own Motion Versus 1. The State Of Jharkhand 2. The Principal Secretary Social Welfare Department, Government of Jharkhand 3. The Principal Secretary Department Of Home, Government of Jharkhand 4. The Director General of Police, Jharkhand Ranchi ... ..Respondents with WP(PIL) No. 3684 of 2015 Court on its own Motion Versus The State of Jharkhand ...Respondent with WP(PIL) No. 3917 of 2015 Harendra Kumar Singh, Son of Sri U.P Singh Resident of Flat No. 1, Anondita Apartment, South Office Para P.O & P.S Doranda, Distt.-Ranchi (Jharkhand) ....Petitioner Versus 1. The Union of India through Sri Nripendra Mishra, the Principal Secretary, office of Prime Minister, Govt. of India, South Block, Raisina Road, New Delhi. PIN- 100011 2. The State of Jharkhand, through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Jharkhand, P.O & P.S Dhurva, Distt.- Ranchi (Jharkhand). ....Respondents --- CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN --- Amicus Curiae : Ms. Suchitra Pandey, Adv. (through V.C) For the State : Mr. Ashok Kumar Yadav, Sr. S.C.-I Mr. Aditya Kumar, A.C to Sr. S.C.-I Mrs. Darshana Poddar Mishra, AAG-I Mr. Rohit, A.C to AAG-I [ W.P.(PIL) No. 3917 of 2015] For the Resp.-JHALSA: M/s. Manoj Tandon, Siddharth Ranjan, Neha Bhardwaj, Ankita, Advocates 2 --- 22/ Dated: 10.02.2025 1. In these Public Interest Litigations, certain instances of killings of persons branded as witches and rehabilitation of certain victims is raised. There was also a prayer to provide a helpline for receiving complaints of this nature, In response of which, the State has created a dedicated helpline no. 181. 2. We do not see any further reason to keep these P.I.Ls alive, since the State has indicated the steps being taken to deal with the instances of this nature as and when they are brought to the notice of the State Authorities. It is open to any person to initiate a fresh P.I.L in case there is a necessity to do so in future. 3. With these observations, these three W.P(PIL) are closed. (M. S. Ramachandra Rao, C.J.) (Deepak Roshan, J.) jk/vikas