Sunita Chandra v. State Of Chhattisgarh

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPCR No. 62 of 2019 • Sunita Chandra W/o Upendra Chandra Aged About 26 Years D/o Lakeshwar Prasad Chandra Present R/o Village Bade Gantuli ,police Station Kosir ,district Raigarh Chhattigarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Home Department Matralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar ,district Raipur Chhattigarh

2. Inspector General Of Police Bilaspur Range District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh

3. Superintendent Of Police Janjgir District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh

4. Superintendent Of Police Raigarh District Raigarh Chhattisgarh

5. Station House Officer Police Station Jaijaipur District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh

6. Upedrakumar S/o Dadu Ram Chandra

7. Dadu Ram Chandra S/o Gaja Lal Chandra

8. Prabha Devi Chandra W/o Late Lokesh Chandra

9. Shanti Bai W/o Dadu Ram Chandra No.6 to 9 are R/o Village Kanshigarh Pollice Station Jaijaipur ,district Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Ishwar Jaiswal, Advocate For Respondents/State :

Shri Aditya Sharma, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order On Board 08/03/2019

1. Heard.

2. The present petition is for the reason that despite registration of the FIR on

04.07.2018, no substantive progress has been done by the police.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was subjected to forceful poisoning, for which the FIR was lodged and the dying declaration was also recorded, however, despite the registration of the FIR, no progress has been made.

4. Perused the FIR which was registered on 04.07.2018.

5. In the matter of Ram Lal Narang v/s. State (Delhi Administration) {(1979) 2 SCC 322} the Supreme Court held that whenever an office incharge of the Police Station received information relating to commission of a cognizable offence, he was required to register the FIR and complete the investigation without unnecessary delay and, as soon as it was completed, to forward to a Magistrate empowered to take cognizance of the offence upon a police report, a report in the prescribed form, setting forth the names of the parties, the nature of the information and the names of the persons who appeared to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case.

6. Considering the above law laid down by the Supreme Court, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the concerned Police Station to complete the investigation in accordance with law laid down by the Supreme Court in Ram Lal Narang (supra) at the earliest and file Final Report/Khatma or charge sheet, as the case may be, before the competent Criminal Court. Sd/- Goutam Bhaduri Judge Ashu