$~27 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010182962026 + W.P.(CRL) 1377/2026 VINOD KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Umesh Sharma, Mr. M.K. Gaur, Mr. Ritesh Kumar Kaushik, Ms. Chhaya Sharma, Advocates. versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Senior Counsel with Mr. Aman Usman, APP for the State and Mr. Abhinav Kumar Arya, Mr. Aryan Sachdeva, Advs. for State. Insp. Vijay Kumar, West District, AHTU CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA O R D E R % 17.09.2026 CRL.M.A. 28949/2026 1. This application has been filed by the respondent, praying that the above petition be taken up for hearing today itself as the missing girl has been recovered and is being produced before us in Court. 2. The application is allowed and the writ petition is taken up for hearing today itself. 3. The next date of hearing, that is 21.09.2026, stands cancelled. This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 21/09/2026 at 11:26:20 W.P.(CRL) 1377/2026 4. This petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”], for issuance of a Writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus for production of the minor daughter of the petitioner. 5. In the petition, it was alleged that the minor daughter of the petitioner, Ms. A has been missing along with her friend Ms. M, who is also a minor, since 25.03.2026. 6. Today, the respondent has produced Ms. A and Ms. M before us. 7. Mr. Sanjay Lao, the learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the State, hands over a copy of the Status Report dated 17.09.2026, which states that these girls were recovered from Sitapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan by a team of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, West District. They were then produced before the learned JMFC, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi on 03.09.2026, and their statements under Section 183 of the BNSS were recorded. They were later produced before the Child Welfare Committee-I, Nirmal Chhaya Complex, Jail Road, Hari Nagar, New Delhi [“CWC”] on 07.09.2026 along with the medical reports and statements recorded before the learned JMFC. The learned CWC directed that Ms. A be sent to the Kilkari Rainbow Home for Girls, Kashmere Gate, Delhi, while Ms. M be sent to the Rescue Foundation Kanjhawala, Delhi for further counselling. He submits that further directions with respect to their custody passed by This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 21/09/2026 at 11:26:20 the CWC shall be abided. 8. Given the fact that the girls have been recovered and are now in the parens patriae of the CWC, no further orders are required to be passed in the present petition. 9. Further determination of the welfare of the children and their custody shall be considered by the CWC and be complied with by the State of NCT of Delhi. The petitioner shall be at liberty to move an appropriate application in this regard before the CWC. 10. The petition is disposed of in the above terms. NAVIN CHAWLA, J RAVINDER DUDEJA, J SEPTEMBER 17, 2026/vd/sk/as This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 21/09/2026 at 11:26:20