Rasid Khan and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Rasid Khan & Ors. v. The State of West Bengal & Ors., WPA No. 29865 of 2025, disposed 03.02.2026 by Suvra Ghosh, J. Keywords: return to village after murder; police protection and assistance for displaced cultivators; Inspector-in-Charge, Sonamukhi Police Station; intimation of date and time of return; continued police surveillance; law and order in tense village; petitioners not named in FIR; paddy harvest sold by relative; writ disposed without inviting affidavits; no costs. Relevant to petitions seeking police facilitation for safe return and residence of persons who fled a village after a violent incident.
What did the court decide?
Directions to the petitioners to intimate the Inspector-in-Charge, Sonamukhi Police Station (3rd respondent) of the date and time of their intended return, and to the said officer and police authorities to render all assistance and protection enabling the petitioners to return to their village and reside peacefully and safely, with continued police surveillance and maintenance of law and order.