Rangaiah v. the State by Government
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, WP No. 23541 of 2022 (GM-POLICE), decided 10.09.2025 by Justice R. Nataraj. Certiorari challenge to police endorsement dated 18.10.2022 of Police Inspector, Nelamangala police station directing complainant to pursue civil remedies in pending suit O.S.No.24/2022 failed; earlier endorsement dated 14.09.2022 had treated the land-dispute/vandalism complaint as a civil dispute; interim injunction application already rejected by Civil Court; held that petitioner cannot compel police to act where remedy lies before the Civil Court; writ petition dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner had already approached the Civil Court by filing O.S.No.24/2022 and the Civil Court rejected his application for interim injunction, any grievance that respondent Nos.2 and 3 were taking law into their hands must be worked out before the Civil Court; the petitioner cannot compel the police to take action against them.