Bapi Shaikh v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Threshold dismissal dated 24.07.2026 of WPA 16698 of 2026, Bapi Shaikh vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. (single judge, Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.). Subject: police inaction in taking steps on complaints lodged / registering FIR. Statute engaged: Section 175(3) of BNSS, 2023 (remedy before jurisdictional Magistrate). Precedent relied on: Aleque Padamsee & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors., (2007) 6 SCC 171. Outcome: writ petition not entertained and dismissed in view of alternative remedy; liberty preserved to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate; no monetary quantum involved. Advocates: Ziaul Islam, Sr. Adv. and Muskaan Chowdhury for petitioner; Siddhartha Sharma, Asumdipta Santra and Md. Danish Taslim for the State.
What did the court decide?
No writ relief granted; the order expressly shall not preclude the petitioner from approaching the jurisdictional Magistrate in pursuit of his remedy.