Sudip Das Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Sudip Das Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Liberty to implead the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Division, Barrackpore Police Commissionerate as respondent no. 10; petitioner to respond to the Officer in Charge, Dum Dum Police Station's queries (seven-day timeline as submitted by counsel); Officer in Charge to forward the response to respondent no. 10 for threat-perception assessment; upon a positive assessment, necessary police assistance/security to be provided in accordance with law; no order as to costs.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, who alleges threats and attacks from a rival political party and whose applications for security went unheeded, is entitled to police security/assistance.

Court's answer

Liberty granted to the petitioner to implead the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Division, Barrackpore Police Commissionerate, West Bengal as respondent no. 10, with the cause title of the writ petition to be amended accordingly.

Ratio / Principle

In addition to responding to the queries of the Officer in Charge, the petitioner is at liberty to ventilate other grievances pertaining to the security issue, if required.

Key takeaways

Further service of notice upon the added respondent dispensed with since the State is represented; the report submitted by the CRPF is taken on record.obiter¶4
Upon the petitioner's response being submitted before the Officer, Dum Dum Police Station, the Officer in Charge shall forward it to the 10th respondent for assessment of the threat perception in light of the petitioner's application and the response to the queries.ratio¶10
If the threat-perception assessment is positive, necessary police assistance/security shall be provided to the petitioner in accordance with law.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ petition (WPA No. 22085 of 2025) by Sudip Das against the State of West Bengal & Ors., disposed of by Suvra Ghosh, J on 05.02.2026. The petitioner, alleging threats and attacks from a rival political party in his capacity as State President of a political dispensation and non-action on his security applications, was granted liberty to implead the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Division, Barrackpore Police Commissionerate as respondent no. 10, with amendment of the cause title; notice on the added respondent was dispensed with as the State was represented, and the CRPF's report was taken on record. The petitioner was to respond to the queries in the Officer in Charge, Dum Dum Police Station's letter dated June 20, 2025 (seven-day timeline as submitted by counsel) and could ventilate other grievances on the issue; the Officer in Charge was directed to forward the response to respondent no. 10 for assessment of the threat perception, and upon a positive assessment, necessary police assistance/security was to be provided in accordance with law. No order as to costs; no affidavit invited, allegations deemed not admitted.

05.02.2026 rc/ct.no.05 Item No.07

WPA No. 22085 of 2025 Sudip Das Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Indrajeet Dasgupta Mr. Ghanshyam Pandey Mr. Gourab Maiti Ms. Sneha Singh ..for the Petitioner Mr. Rajarshi Basu Mr. S.T.Mina …for the State Mr. Kumar Jyoti Tiwari Mr. Sayani Roy Chowdhury …for the CRPF

On prayer of the petitioner liberty is granted to implead the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Division, Barrackpore Police Commissionerate, West Bengal as respondent no. 10 in the writ petition. The cause title of the writ petition be amended accordingly.

Since the State is represented, further service of notice upon the added respondent is dispensed with. Report submitted by the CRPF is taken on record. The petitioner alleges that he is facing threats and attacks from the rival political party since he is the State President of a particular political dispensation. Several applications made by the petitioner seeking security have fallen on deaf ears.

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Learned counsel for the CRPF submits that the applications filed by the petitioner shall be dealt with by the State authority.

Learned counsel for the State points out that pursuant to an application filed by the petitioner before the Officer in Charge, Dum Dum Police Station, the Officer in Charge, by a letter issued on June 20, 2025, requested the petitioner to provide certain details in order to assess the threat perception ventilated by him. The petitioner has not responded to the said letter till date.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner shall respond to the letter dated June 20, 2025 within seven days from date.

In addition to responding to the queries of the Officer in Charge, the petitioner shall be at liberty to ventilate other grievances pertaining to the issue, if required.

Upon such response being submitted before the Officer, Dum Dum Police Station, the Officer in Charge shall forward the same to the 10^th respondent for assessment of the threat perception in the light of the application filed by the petitioner as well as the response to the queries made in that regard. In the event such assessment is in the positive, necessary police assistance/security shall be provided to the petitioner, in accordance with law.

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The writ petition is disposed of.

There shall, however, be no order as to costs.

Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the writ petition are deemed not to have been admitted.

Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh,J)