The Court observed that some States have now sought to interpret it's earlier order selectively. When the matter returned on August 5, the Court learned that several States believed "person" in the May 22 direction meant only missing children, not adults. We find this to be a deliberate and mala fide bogey raised by such States," it recorded, clarifying that "person" meant every person, "irrespective of age or gender." Even if the missing person is traced within 24 hours, the FIR need not go to the jurisdictional court, though police must still be activated instantly, since the earliest hours after a person goes missing are the "golden hours" for safe recovery. P.M. Nair, a retired IPS officer and Committee member, told the Court that many such units existed only on paper.