Shaktipada Maiti v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS.

jdt. 15.01.2026 jb.

WPA 17419 of 2024 (Shaktipada Maiti vs. State of West Bengal & Ors.) Mr. Soumitra Deb Mr. Rajkumar Maiti .... For the Petitioner Mr. Ranjit Rajak .... For the State Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner and the report submitted by the State are taken on record. The petitioner is the father of the third respondent and the fourth respondent is the wife of the third respondent. The petitioner alleges that he has been driven out of his residential house by the private respondents and is left to reside elsewhere. The house admittedly belongs to the petitioner. Complaint lodged by the petitioner has not been acted upon.

It is evident from the report submitted by the State that the complaint lodged by the petitioner on 12th June, 2024 has not been registered as FIR till date. The petitioner is at liberty to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 175 of the BNSS for redressal of his grievance.

Since the petitioner seeks to return to his own house and reside therein peacefully, the Officer in charge, Bhagwanpur Police Station being the 2nd respondent herein shall render all necessary assistance to the petitioner in order to enable him to return to his

house and reside there peacefully. The petitioner shall approach the 2nd respondent indicating the date and time of his return to his house and the said respondent shall provide all assistance in order to enable the petitioner to do so. The police shall also render necessary assistance/protection to the petitioner so that he is able to reside in his house peacefully without any disturbance from any corner whatsoever.

The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs.

Since no affidavit has been invited, allegations contained in the writ petition shall be deemed not to have been admitted.

Urgent certified website copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties on compliance of requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)