Bilal Nawab v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court single-judge order (Swarana Kanta Sharma, J., 03.03.2025) in W.P.(CRL) 717/2025 disposing of a writ petition by Bilal Nawab seeking directions to the SHO to investigate a March 2022 complaint concerning cheating, forgery and other offences under the Information Technology Act, 2000, on which no action had been taken. Petition treated as representation; DCP/SHO to act as per law expeditiously; 02-month window granted to return to Court. Counsel: Manvi Gupta, Pooja Roy, Shivani Sharma (petitioner); Rupali Bandhopadhya, ASC for State (respondent). Keywords: police inaction, investigation directions, representation, DCP, SHO, IT Act 2000, disposed.
What did the court decide?
Petition treated as representation on petitioner's behalf; DCP concerned to ensure matter appropriately taken up as per law with expeditious inquiry/investigation; petitioner at liberty to re-approach Court if complaint not redressed within 02 months.