2014 (4) TMI 1296

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....nd Mr. Jyoti Prakash Chatterjee ORDER Mr. Amit Biswas, the former Officer-in-Charge of Entally Police Station, is present in Court in compliance with the order dated 3rd April, 2014. An affidavit is also filed by him seeking to explain the delay in registration of FIR on the basis of the complaint of the petitioners. I have perused the affidavit. It is the stand of Mr. Biswas that upon re....

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....lso appears from the affidavit-of-service that the officer-in-charge received the copy of the writ petition on 15^th January, 2014. Therefore, there seems to be little doubt that the FIR was registered upon copy of the writ petition being received. Surprisingly, although the complaint prima facie discloses an offence covered by Section 354A, Indian Penal Code, no case was registered under such ....

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.... at police stations beyond the jurisdiction of Kolkata Police to introspect and to take stock of the performance of each of such officers who, despite being aware of the law relating to registration of first information report, simply refuse to register the same on the specious ground that an inquiry is necessary without, however, realizing the situation which would call for an inquiry. It is h....