Rajeshwari v. the Superintendent of Police
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, Crl.O.P.No.1002 of 2025, decided 21.01.2025 by Justice P.Velmurugan. Petitioner: Rajeshwari; Respondents: Superintendent of Police Krishnagiri, Assistant Superintendent of Police Hosur, Inspector of Police Hosur Town Police Station, and private respondent Nanjappan. Filed under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. seeking protection from police harassment in a civil dispute. Held: dispute is purely a money transaction between petitioner and fourth respondent; third respondent police had no jurisdiction to summon the petitioner; respondents 1 to 3 directed not to harass the petitioner; notice to fourth respondent dispensed with; fourth respondent to seek his own remedy. Keywords: police harassment, summons for enquiry, civil dispute, money transaction, no jurisdiction to summon, S.528 BNSS, Krishnagiri, Hosur.
What did the court decide?
Respondents 1 to 3 (police) directed not to harass the petitioner; notice to the fourth respondent dispensed with and the fourth respondent left to work out his remedy in the manner known to law.