VISHNU DAYAL SHARMA Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) 1.We have heard Ms Usha Kiran, learned Additional Government Advocate, Shri Sukhudu Pal Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri K.K. Roy, Shri Sudeep Kumar Singh and Shri Jagriti Singh, intervenors and Shri K.C. Sinha, learned Assistant Solicitor General for Union of India and have perused the affidavits filed on behalf of the DG.P.,U.P., D.I.G Varanasi, District Magistrate, Allahabad, Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) officer, Allahabad, Principal Secretaries, Labour, Primary Education, Women and Child Development, UP, Director Handicapped Welfare U.P., Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India and also the affidavits and application filed by the intervenors and have also perused the reports submitted by the registry and the compliance report and other documents submitted by the Member Secretary, UP Legal Services Authority. LATEST STATUS OF MISSING CHILDREN - DIRECTIONS

(2.) IN an affidavit dated 19.3.2009 filed on behalf of the DGP, U.P. Lucknow, it is mentioned that as on 28.2.2009, since 2002, 10365 children have been reported missing. IN the said period 8615 children have been recovered. However, 1750 children are still required to be traced out, this includes 1293 males and 457 females children.

(3.) WE again have to reiterate what we have stated in the last order that in spite of the commitment of the police to trace out the missing children a larger number of children are going missing than are being traced out relating to the same period, resulting in an increment in the number of missing children. It is for this reason that we have been emphasising identifying the root causes of this phenomena as to why this child goes missing and the need to put some effective mechanism into place from preventing the vulnerable child from going away voluntarily or falling in the hands of traffickers or being abducted.