Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 4310 Gua
Judgement Date : 13 October, 2023
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GAHC010154272017
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT
(HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Case No. : WP(C)/7927/2017
RISHIKESH BORA
S/O. ROSESWAR BORA, RESIDENT OF KACHARI GAON, P.O.- BARUAH
BAMUN GAON, P.S. DERGAON, DIST.- GOLAGHAT, ASSAM.
VERSUS
THE STATE OF ASSAM and 3 ORS.
REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER and SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT
OF HOME, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6.
2:THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE
ASSAM
ULUBARI
GUWAHATI.
3:THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE
GOLAGHAT
ASSAM.
4:THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE
DERGAON POLICE STATION
DIST. GOLAGHAT
ASSAM
For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. P. J. Saikia, Advocate
For the Respondent(s) : None appears.
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BEFORE
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVASHIS BARUAH
ORDER
Date : 13.10.2023
1. The instant writ petition has been filed by the Petitioner being aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the Officer-in-Charge of Dergaon Police Station in not registering the F.I.R. filed on 27.08.2017.
2. The law is well settled by the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Sakiri Vasu Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and Others reported in (2008) 2 SCC 409.
The remedy which is available to the Petitioner is a remedy under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In that view of the matter, this Court is not inclined to entertain the instant writ petition for which the instant writ petition stands disposed of.
3. Be that as it may, liberty is given to the Petitioner to approach the appropriate Court, if the Petitioner is still continues to be aggrieved.
JUDGE
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