The Jharkhand High Court directed the state government to frame clear guidelines for identifying persons originating from outside Jharkhand, stressing administrative clarity. The division bench made the observation while hearing a plea concerning a missing child from Gumla district.
RANCHI: The Jharkhand High Court instructed the state government to develop guidelines for identifying individuals from outside the state.
A division bench consisting of Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Arun Kumar Rai made this remark while reviewing a petition related to a missing child from Gumla. The court indicated that this identification process should be carried out by the relevant police station.
During the hearing of the petition filed by Chandramuni Urain, whose six years old daughter went missing in Gumla in 2018, the court ordered the district superintendent of police to provide an update on the investigation’s progress.
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Gumla Superintendent of Police Haris Bin Zaman informed the court that a special investigation team has been formed to locate the missing child. Although the child has not yet been found, the police have successfully rescued nine other children who were victims of human trafficking, he reported. The search for the minor is ongoing, the Gumla SP noted.
The state counsel informed the court that the Ranchi Police have successfully uncovered a human trafficking racket that operates both inter district and inter state. Recently, two minor siblings from Jagannathpur in the Dhruwa police station area of Ranchi were also rescued, the counsel added.
In its ruling, the court remarked,
“the crime has devastating consequences for the physical, cognitive and socio-emotional development of children. Victims often suffer lifelong health issues, severe trauma, related disorders, anxiety, depression, and difficulties in social integration.”
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The court further observed that children are nearly twice as likely to experience extreme violence during trafficking.
The court has also directed the home department secretary to appear virtually for further discussions aimed at addressing the issue of human trafficking in the state. In certain trafficking instances, it has been discovered that the perpetrators were undocumented individuals from outside the state, a lawyer pointed out.
The case will be reviewed again on January 27.
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