Ramavatar Agrawal v. State Of Chhattisgarh
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPCR No. 47 of 2016 Ramavatar Agrawal S/O Late Shri Jagmohandas Agrawal Aged About 56 Years R/O Agrawal Bhawan, Vidya Nagar, Bilaspur, P.S. Tarbahar, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner
Versus
1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of Home Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhavan, Naya Raipur, Raipur Chhattisgarh
2. The Superintendent Of Police District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh
3. The Station In Charge, Police Station Civil Lines, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh
4. Inspector General Of Police Bilaspur Range District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh
5. Central Bureau Of Investigation ( C.B.I.) Through Its Superintendent Of Police, C.B.I. Bhilai, District Durg Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents 12/04/2016 Shri Abhishek Sinha, counsel for the petitioner. Shri Gary Mukhopadhyay, Dy.G.A. for the State. This instant petition has been preferred with a prayer to conduct investigation in respect of the FIR No.404/2015 registered in Police Station Civil Lines, Bilaspur as it has been stated that FIR has been lodged on a report by the petitioner on 5/08/2015 according to Annexure P-4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though FIR has been registered but that has been kept in dormant state and no investigation is being carried out for the reasons best known to the police officers. He therefore submits that limited prayer before this court is to give the direction to investigate the matter so as to take it to its logical end expeditiously.
I have perused the papers filed along with the petition. In
view of the law laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in between State of Bihar and another Vs. Shri P.P. Sharma and another reported in AIR 1991 SC 1260 certainly if the FIR is registered and enormous delay is caused the court can always give suitable directions in given set of facts. As appears in this case though FIR was registered on 5/08/2015 but investigation appears to be lying in dormant state.
Therefore, it is directed that respondents No.2, 3 and 4 shall investigate the matter and conclude the investigation through its logical end and shall proceed in accordance with law and do the needful and complete the investigation at the earliest as expeditiously as possible. With such observation, the petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Goutam Bhaduri) JUDGE gouri