Shyam Lal Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh
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WPCR No. 401 of 2026, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, Division Bench (Ramesh Sinha, CJ; Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J), decided 21.07.2026, neutral citation 2026:CGHC:30850-DB, NAFR. Petitioner Shyam Lal Sahu sought a writ of mandamus directing police authorities (State of Chhattisgarh, SP Raipur, SHO PS Vidhan Sabha) to investigate his complaint, conclude the pending investigation, submit the charge sheet and arrest the accused driver in an FIR whose particulars were not stated in the petition. Held: prayer defective for non-disclosure of FIR particulars and casual drafting; petition dismissed on this ground alone with liberty to file afresh, subject to costs of Rs.2,000/- payable into the Registry and transmitted to the Government School for Visual and Hearing Impaired, Tifra, Bilaspur. Keywords: mandamus, police investigation, FIR particulars, defective prayer, dismissal with cost, liberty to file afresh. No statute or precedent cited in the judgment.