Ashma Mansuri v. Senior Inspector Of Police And ORS

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Writ Petition No.2605 of 2025 Ashma Mansuri ...

Petitioner V/s.

Senior Inspector of Police Silvassa Police Station and ors.

...

Respondents.

Mr. Sanjog Parab, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Pranav Narsaria, Mr. Sangramsinh Parab, Mr. Mohan Rao, Mrs. Sulabha Rane, Ms. Sakshi Baadkar and Mr. Pranjal Pandey i/b. Mr. Jayesh Mestry and Ms. Farheen Mustafa for the Petitioner.

Mr. Harsh Deshia for the Respondent Nos.1, 3 to 6. Mr. J.P. Yagnik, APP for the State.

Digitally signed by LATA SUNIL PANJWANI Date:

2025.05.08 11:51:39 +0530 CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL & S.M. MODAK, JJ.

LATA SUNIL PANJWANI DATE : 6th May 2025.

P.C.:

This is the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by the elder sister of the missing person 'Rukshana' who is about 21 years of age. She was working in a factory at Dadra. It was merely 200 meters away from their home. The girl went missing from 14th February 2025. From that day onwards, the Respondent No.2 Arun Singh who was also working in the factory was also missing. The Petitioner suspects that the Respondent No.2 has some role to play in her sister's missing.

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Today, the learned Counsel for the Respondents and the police officers have no instructions in detail. Hence, the following order:

ORDER

(I) Issue notice to all the Respondents, returnable on 18th June 2025.

(ii) The Petitioner is at liberty to move the vacation Bench in case of urgency.

(iii) The police officers shall make all efforts to trace the missing person with all sincere efforts and file a report if she is not found by the next date.

(iv) Stand over to 18th June 2025.

(S.M. MODAK, J.) (SARANG V. KOTWAL,J.)