During the hearing the medical director of the hospital admitted that Nanda was an “ambulatory” patient, who was not in a condition to walk. Expressing displeasure over the role of the hospital, which discharged its responsibility by merely registering a complaint with a police station, a Division Bench directed DC, Detective Department of Kolkata Police and Special IG (missing persons squad) to publish the photograph of Nanda in newspapers and display it on TV channels.

After he went missing, his family members had lodged a complaint with the Kolkata Police. His wife had approached hospital authorities but they could not explain whether he was dead or alive. At last she filed a habeas corpus petition on February 8, 2008 against the Kolkata Police and the hospital authorities complaining that they had not taken proper steps to trace her husband.