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2025 DIGILAW 872 (JHR)

Rita Devi @ Rita Kumari, wife of Sri Santosh Murmu v. State of Jharkhand

2025-03-11

ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY

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JUDGMENT : (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Heard the parties. 2. This Writ Petition Criminal has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India with the prayer to command upon the respondent to properly investigate the Harla P.S. case no. 119 of 2019 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 109/ 119/ 144/ 147/ 148/ 149/ 323/ 326/ 338/ 341/ 354B/ 355/ 379/ 386/ 506/ 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The brief facts of the case is that the writ petitioner filed the Complaint Case No. 1289 of 2013 in the court of learned CJM, Bokaro and the same was referred to police under Section 156 (3) of the CrPC, basing upon which, Harla P.S. case no. 119 of 2019 has been registered on 21.07.2019. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the police has not submitted the police report as yet in accordance with law, hence, the respondent nos. 2 to 5 be directed to ensure proper investigation of the case. 5. Learned counsel for the respondent nos. 2 to 5 submits that the respondent nos. 2 to 5 are duty bound to ensure proper investigation of the Harla P.S. case no. 119 of 2019 and are bent upon in taking the investigation to its logical conclusion. 6. Having heard the submission made at the Bar and considering the fact that the investigation of the case is pending since the year 2019, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent nos. 2 to 5 to ensure the proper investigation of Harla P.S. case no. 119 of 2019 and to conclude the investigation and to submit the police report in accordance with law; within a period of three months from the date of this order. 7. This writ petition is disposed of with the aforesaid direction accordingly.