Sk. Obaidur Rahaman v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
FIR non-registration; police inaction on complaint; alternative remedy; Section 175(3) BNSS 2023; Aleque Padamsee vs. Union of India (2007) 6 SCC 171; writ petition dismissed with liberty to approach jurisdictional Magistrate; Sk. Obaidur Rahaman v. State of West Bengal; WPA 16575 of 2026; single judge (Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.).
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; petitioner left free to pursue the remedy of approaching the jurisdictional Magistrate. ¶13