Rishita Sinha v. the State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Dept. of Home (Police) Govt. of Bihar, Patna
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court criminal writ petition seeking direction to police for proper investigation of Fatuha P.S. Case No. 168 of 2020; case diary produced on Court's earlier order; allegation of flagrant manipulation by insertion of pages to help accused; investigation concluded with report in Final Form; Writ Court cannot direct further investigation; liberty granted to file protest petition before jurisdictional Magistrate; prima facie finding of case diary manipulation at paragraphs 21 and 23; case diary written by more than one person, not solely by Investigating Officer; Magistrate to consider issues dispassionately; disposed of 07-04-2025 by Justice Bibek Chaudhuri.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to file a protest petition before the jurisdictional Magistrate stating all the issues, including the manipulation of the case diary which the Court prima facie found at paragraphs 21 and 23 of the case diary.