Sandeep Kaur v. State of Punjab and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Petitioner Dr. Sandeep Kaur (unrepresented before the Court) sought a writ of mandamus for registration of an FIR against private respondent No.5 for insulting and intimidating her, a Scheduled Caste member, in public view. After interim orders dated 24.07.2025 and 03.09.2025, State counsel Mr. Siddharth Sandhu, AAG, Punjab, reported registration of FIR No.0220 dated 14.08.2025 for offence under Section 3(1) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 at Police Station Phase 1, District SAS Nagar. Finding the FIR already registered on the petitioner's complaint, Justice Suvir Sehgal dismissed the petition as infructuous on 15.09.2025. Keywords: FIR registration, mandamus, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, infructuous petition, SAS Nagar/Mohali.
What did the court decide?
The FIR sought by the petitioner had already been registered on the complaint submitted by the petitioner herself.