Pankaj Kumar v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case, Patna High Court; writ petition for protection of life and personal liberty against threats by private respondents; police inaction in registering FIR and arresting accused after unnatural death (U.D. Case No.07 of 2021); complaint case dismissed under Section 203 Cr.P.C.; revision set aside dismissal and FIR lodged under Section 302 IPC; arrest is Investigating Officer's prerogative based on case diary; Court cannot direct or make guidelines for investigation; police authority to protect life and liberty; Investigating Officer free to act in accordance with law on specific threat allegations; counter affidavit on postmortem and viscera/FSL report; Sasaram Nagar, Rohtas, Bihar; disposed without notice to private respondents.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with observations that arrest and the course of investigation lie within the Investigating Officer's prerogative, and that on a specific allegation of threat to the petitioner's life and liberty the Investigating Officer may take any action in accordance with law; disposed of even without serving notice to the private respondents.