Kallan S/O Shri Mehtaf Khan, Vs State of Rajasthan — Rajasthan HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Kallan S/O Shri Mehtaf Khan, Vs State of Rajasthan — Rajasthan HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Liberty to the complainant-petitioner to present his grievance before the concerned Magistrate/court

Issue for consideration

Whether the High Court should entertain a petition under Section 528 BNSS filed by the complainant in an FIR and issue directions where it is alleged that the police is not conducting the pending investigation.

Court's answer

Adopting the judicial view in Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P. (AIR 2008 SC 907), where the grievance is non-registration or unsatisfactory investigation of an FIR, the competent Magistrate is empowered to monitor the investigation and issue necessary directions; exercise of the powers of Section 528 BNSS/Section 482 Cr.P.C. in such matters is generally not appropriate, and such tendency deserves to be discouraged.

Ratio / Principle

Considering the aforesaid legal position, it is not appropriate for this Court to entertain the petition; the petition is dismissed, while granting the complainant-petitioner liberty to present his case/grievance before the concerned Magistrate/court.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Criminal Miscellaneous Petition (S.B. Crl. Misc. Petition No. 762/2026, Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, Uma Shanker Vyas, J., decided 16/04/2026) — Filed under Section 528 BNSS by the complainant in an FIR alleging that the police is not conducting the pending investigation, with a prayer for appropriate directions — Court relies on Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P. & Ors., AIR 2008 SC 907 (paras 15 and 23/25 quoted): to ensure pending investigation, the competent Magistrate court is empowered to monitor the investigation and issue necessary directions; persons aggrieved by non-investigation should proceed under Section 154(3)/Section 36 Cr.P.C. and then to the Magistrate under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C., and High Courts should ordinarily not entertain writ/Section 482 Cr.P.C. petitions in such matters — Holding: exercise of Section 528 BNSS/Section 482 Cr.P.C. powers in such matters is generally not appropriate and such tendency deserves to be discouraged; petition dismissed with liberty to the complainant-petitioner to present his grievance before the concerned Magistrate/court.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 762/2026

Kallan S/o Shri Mehtaf Khan, Aged About 61 Years, R/o A-22, Bandha Basti, Dem No 1, Bada Park, Nahri Ka Naka, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur.

----Petitioner

Versus

State Of Rajasthan, Through The Learned Public Prosecutor.

Jamil Mohammed, Aged About 55 Years, R/o House No. 19-20, Bada Park, Bandha Basti, Dem No 1, Nahri Naka, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur.

Sahil S/o Jamil Mohammed, R/o House No. 19-20, Bada Park, Bandha Basti, Dem No 1, Nahri Naka, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur.

Kadir S/o Jamil Mohammed, R/o House No. 19-20, Bada Park, Bandha Basti, Dem No 1, Nahri Naka, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur.

Hinna W/o Jamil Mohammed, Aged About 50 Years, R/o House No. 19-20, Bada Park, Bandha Basti, Dem No 1, Nahri Naka, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur.

Najrana D/o Jamil Mohamed, R/o House No. 19-20, Bada Park, Bandha Basti, Dem No 1, Nahri Naka, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur.

Saddam S/o Munsi Khan, Aged About 52 Years, R/o House No. 19-20, Bada Park, Bandha Basti, Dem No 1, Nahri Naka, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur.

Jumerati S/o Not Known, Lining On Rent In The House Of Jamil Mohamed

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Rekha Jain, Adv. through V.C. For Respondent(s) : Ms. Manju Dave, PP

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UMA SHANKER VYAS Judgment / Order

16/04/2026

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"15. Section 156(3) provides for a check by the Magistrate on the police performing its duties under Chapter XII Cr.P.C. In cases where the Magistrate finds that the police has not done its duty of investigating the case at all, or has not done it satisfactorily, he can issue a direction to the police to do the investigation properly, and can monitor the same.

We have elaborated on the above matter because we often find that when someone has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered at the police station and/or a proper investigation is not being done by the police, he rushes to the High Court to file a writ petition or a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. We are of the opinion that the High Court should not encourage this practice and should ordinarily refuse to interfere in such matters, and relegate the petitioner to his alternating remedy, firstly under Section 154(3) and Section 36 Cr.P.C. before the concerned police officers, and if that is of no avail, by approaching the concerned Magistrate under Section 156(3)."

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