Writ petition filed by Kalawati Devi to trace her missing husband and daughter was dismissed as police filed a final report stating the husband was not traceable and daughter refused a medical test.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
15 .03.2021
(Through Video Conference)
Item no. 02
Dd/aloke
WPA 7700 of 2012
Kalawati Devi
Vs.
The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Kallol Mondal, adv. Mr. Krishan Ray, adv. … For the Petitioner
Mr. Rana Mukherjee. Ld APP Mr. Sabir Ahmed, adv. … For the State
This is a writ petition instituted in 2012 by one Kalawati Devi with the assistance of the State Legal Services Authority (SLSA). Her plea is that her husband, Nandlal Ram, was missing and needs to be traced out by the police.
Mr. Mukherjee, learned APP, has placed before us a report dated 15.03.2021 filed by Inspector-incharge, Chinsurah Police Station, Chandannagar Police Commissionerate. It appears therefrom that the police came to the conclusion that Nandlal Ram is not traceable and the whereabouts of the writ petitioner, Kalawati Devi is also not known for the last nearly eight years.
Intertwined with the aforesaid, the police appear to have traced out the daughter of the petitioner, Pinki Ram. She made a statement before the jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 164 Cr. P.C. and refused to undergo any test for medico legal opinion. The police have, however, filed a
2
case against some persons. We dispose of this writ petition keeping in view the fact that the final report has already been filed in that case.
Accordingly, WPA 7700 of 2012 is disposed of.
[Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, C.J]
[Aniruddha Roy, J.]
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Kalawati Devi
The State of West Bengal
Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan
Aniruddha Roy
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
