by the impugned judgment, the appellant- grandmother has filed the present petition. Notice was issued by this Court on 23rd September, 2022 and it was directed that in the meantime, the child shall remain in the custody of the appellant-grandmother. Thereafter, leave was granted by this Court on 21st November, 2022 and the interim order was confirmed to last until the decision of this appeal. 3. The facts, in brief, giving rise to the present appeal, are as follows: 3.1 The marriage took place between Dr. Kulwant Singh (respondent-father) and one Sangeeta on 5th July, 2014. This marriage was the second marriage for both of them. 3.2 From the marriage, one child, namely Garvit4 was born on 5th July, 2015. 4 Hereinafter, minor child 23.3 In 2019, the mother of the minor child, Sangeeta, went missing and so, on 5th April, 2019, a First Information Report5 was registered under Section 346 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.6 On the next day, i.e., 6th April, 2019, father of Sangeeta (who is