Sagar Dnyaneshwar Shinde v. N B Ranagat and Ors.
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What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Criminal Writ Petition No. 223 of 2024, decided 12th February 2025 (Revati Mohite Dere & Dr. Neela Gokhale, JJ.). Petitioner sought direction to Superintendent of Police, Pune Rural (respondent No. 5) to take disciplinary action against police officers (respondent Nos. 1-3) for breach of statutory duty under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Petition not entertained and disposed of on the ground of an alternative efficacious remedy: complaint before the Divisional Police Complaints Authority (recorded as in place and fully operational). Liberty granted to approach the State or Divisional Police Complaints Authority; six-month outer limit for deciding any such complaint; merits untouched, contentions kept open. Keywords: alternative efficacious remedy; Police Complaints Authority; disciplinary action against police officers; SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act; Maharashtra police; writ petition disposed.