- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:38688-DB WPHC No. 43 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 24TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K WPHC NO. 43 OF 2025 BETWEEN: MUNIRAJAPPA S/O LATE ERAPPA AGED 68 YEARS R/AT YARAPPANAHALLI VILLAGE BIDARAHALLI HOBLI DODDAGUBBI POST BENGALURU EAST TALUK BENGALURU-560 067 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. ABUBACKER SHAFI, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU-560 001 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY Digitally signed by PANKAJA S Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:38688-DB WPHC No. 43 of 2025 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL AND INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE NRUPATHUNGA ROAD BENGALURU-560 001 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT BENGALURU-560 001 4. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE AVALAHALLI POLICE STATION HOSAKOTE SUB-DIVISION BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. THEJESH P, HCGP) THIS WPHC IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT IN THE NATURE OF HABEAS CORPUS DIRECTING THE RESPONDENTS TO SECURE THE SON OF THE PETITIONER WHO IS MISSING WITH THE NAME GAJENDRA M. AS PER ANNEXURES-A,B AND C BEFORE THIS HON'BLE COURT. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:38688-DB WPHC No. 43 of 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K) This Writ Petition Habeas Corpus is filed seeking a direction to the respondents-Police to secure the son of petitioner who is missing since 11.01.2025. Subsequently, a missing complaint was lodged by the petitioner before the jurisdictional Police which was registered in Crime No.91/2025 dated 20.03.2025. 2. It is submitted by the learned HCGP that pursuant to the FIR, the respondents-jurisdictional Police have made their best efforts to trace the son of the petitioner and to that effect, two reports were filed by the learned HCGP. 3. We have the perused the status report filed by the learned HCGP, which depicts that the Police have made their efforts to trace the son of the petitioner and during the course of investigation, the respondents-Police also filed the Call Detail Registers of missing person, his parents and other suspected persons. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:38688-DB WPHC No. 43 of 2025 4. In that view of the matter, we are of the view that the respondents have made their efforts to trace the son of the petitioner and this Habeas Corpus does not survive for further consideration. However, the respondents-Police were directed to make their sincere efforts to trace the son of the petitioner. 5. With these observations, the Writ Petition Habeas Corpus is disposed of. SD/- (ANU SIVARAMAN) JUDGE SD/- (RAJESH RAI K) JUDGE HKV List No.: 2 Sl No.: 1