Nirmal Kumar Mondal and Anr. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
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Writ petition (W.P.A.2618 of 2025), Nirmal Kumar Mondal & Anr. v. The State of West Bengal & Ors. (including unnamed private respondent no.5), decided 21.02.2025 by Tirthankar Ghosh, J. Keywords: police inaction/no response to complaint; atrocity by private respondents; alleged property grabbing taking advantage of handicapped son; muscle power; interference with peaceful enjoyment; proceedings under Section 126 of the BNSS on information of 19.11.2024; State report; direction to police to keep surveillance and prevent breach of peace and/or tranquility and untoward incidents; writ disposed of without costs; report kept on record and copy given to petitioners' counsel. Counsel: Shahan Shah, Aninda Bhattacharya, S. Sarkar, S. Barman, K.P. Santra (petitioners); Somnath Ganguli (Additional Government Pleader) and Pratiti Das (State-respondents); Anirban Mitra, Amit Halder, Amit Roy (respondent no.5). Relevant to writ petitions seeking preventive police action/surveillance where police fail to act on complaints of atrocities and land-grabbing.