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W.P. No.11907 (W) of 2019
Ranu Giri
v.
15.07.19 The State of West Bengal Ors.
SL-70
Ct-08 Mr. Rajendra Banerjee
(S.R.) Mr. Rama Chakraborty … for the petitioner.

Mr. Lalit Mahato
Mr. Debabrata Mondal … for the State.

Mr. Amit Baran Dash … for the private respondents.

The petitioner complains of police inaction

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner

submits that, the police did not investigate into the

complaint properly. Provisions of Section 354 of the

Indian Penal Code have not been added. Since the defacto

complainant who is the petitioner is a lady and she

suffered injury, provisions of Section 354 I.P.C. should be

added and the same investigated into.

Learned advocate appearing for the State submits

that, the complaint of the petitioner was inquired into and

a prosecution against the respondent nos.5 to 8 under

Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code was submitted.

In such view, the petitioner was assaulted. There is

an injury report. The petitioner is a lady.
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In the facts of the present case, the police will treat

the complaint of the petitioner as a First Information

Report under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code and

investigate thereon. It is open for the police authorities to

submit appropriate report before the jurisdictional Court

on completion of such investigation.

W.P. No.11907 (W) of 2019 is disposed of without

any order as to costs.

Urgent certified website copies of this order, if

applied for, be made available to the parties upon

compliance of the requisite formalities.

(Debangsu Basak, J.)