Patna High Court
CR. WJC/1497/2026 of Manju Devi Vs The State of Bihar, Through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, patna on 21 July 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1497 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-408 Year-2026 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Manju Devi Wife of Arvinid Mahato Resident of Village- Dighi Kalan, East, Ward No.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1497 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-408 Year-2026 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali
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Manju Devi Wife of Arvinid Mahato Resident of Village- Dighi Kalan, East, Ward No. 25, PS- Hajipur Sadar, Dist- Vaishali Hajipur
... ... Petitioner
Versus
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The State of Bihar, Through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
2.
Director General Police, Patna, Bihar.
3.
DIG, Muzaffarpur
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District Magistrate, Vaishali, Hajipur.
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Superintendent of Police, Vaishali, Hajipur.
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SHO, Sadar Thana, Hajipur, Vaishali.
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Sudhir Kumar son of Ranjet Mahato Resident of Village- Dighi Kalan, PS- Hajipur Sadar, Dist- Vaishali Hajipur.
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Puja Devi Wife of Ranjeet Mahato Resident of Village- Dighi Kalan, East, PS- Hajipur Sadar, Dist- Vaishali Hajipur.
9.
Karan Kumar Son of Ranjeet Mahato Resident of Village- Dighi Kalan, East, , PS- Hajipur Sadar, Dist- Vaishali Hajipur
... ... Respondents
Appearance :
For the Petitioner
:
Mr. Dhananjay Mishra. Advocate
Mr. Nilesh Kumar Mishra. Advocate
For the State
:
Mr. Shashwat Agarwal, AC to A.G
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD
and
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA
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ORAL ORDER
(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)
21-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AC to AG for the State.
2. It appears that after filing of the writ application, the police came in action and now, the victim girl has been recovered about three days back.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has, however, a Patna High Court CR. WJC No.1497 of 2026(2) dt.21-07-2026
grievance with the conduct of the S.H.O of Sadar, Hajipur. Statements have been made in paragraph ‘5’ of the writ application that despite the petitioner approaching the officer, no action was taken by the S.H.O. Copy of the representations are annexed as Annexure-P/2 and Annexure-P/3 to the writ application.
3. Having regard to the grievance of the petitioner, we direct the Superintendent of Police, Vaishali to look into the matter and examine as to whether the S.H.O, Sadar, Hajipur has not acted immediately on receipt of the information. If the S.P, Vaishali finds that there is undue delay in attending the matter, the S.P, Vaishali shall consider taking appropriate action in accordance with law.
4. This writ application stands disposed of accordingly.
lekhi/-Tanishka/- (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) U