1 2025:CGHC:10989-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPCR No. 129 of 2025 Smt. Ramin Bai Netam W/o Balram Singh Netam Aged About 40 Years R/o Village Kotmisonar, Police Station Akaltara, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1. State of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Home (Police) Department, Atal Nagar, Mantralaya, New Raipur Chhattisgarh. 2. The Director General of Police Police Headquarter, Atal Nagar, New Raipur Chhattisgarh. 3. The Inspector General of Police Bilaspur, Range, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh. 4. The Superintendent of Police Janjgir, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh. 5. The Station House OfÏcer Police Station, Adim Jati Kalyan Thana, Janjgir, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh. 6. Pradeep Kumar Soni S/o Basant Kumar Soni Aged About 45 Years R/o Village Kotmisonar, Police Station Akaltara, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh. 7. The Secretary Chhattisgarh State Scheduled Tribe Commission, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh. ...Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Mr. Bharat Rajput, Advocate. For Respondents/State : Mr. Shashank Thakur, Deputy Advocate General. BRIJMOHAN MORLE Digitally signed by BRIJMOHAN MORLE Date: 2025.03.06 18:42:25 +0530 2 Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal , Judge Order on Board Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice 06.03.2025 1. Heard Mr. Bharat Rajput, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. Shashank Thakur, learned Deputy Advocate General, appearing for the State. 2. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayers: “10.1 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, thereby directing the respondent authorities to register the FIR against the respondent No. 6 on the written complaint filed by the petitioner disclosing cognizable offence, forthwith, in accordance with law. 10.2 To kindly grant any other relief which may be deem fit in the given facts and circumstances of the instant case.” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that despite several complaints having being made by petitioner to the respondents-authorities for registration of FIR against the respondent No. 6, the same has not been registered. 3 4. Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has submitted that the grievance of the petitioner can be very well redressed before the Court below by filing an application under Section 156(3) or 200 of the Cr.P.C. (now, under Section 175(3) or under Section 223 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023). He further submits that the controversy involved in the present matter has already been decided by the High Court of Allahabad in Misc. Bench No. 24492 of 2020 : Waseem Haider vs. State of U.P. Through Principal Secretary, Home Others vide judgment and order dated 14.12.2020 as well as by this Court in WPCR No. 333 of 2020 (Akhilesh Agrawal vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others) decided on 12.04.2023, dismissing the said petition, hence, the present petition be also dismissed in terms of the said order. 5. Accordingly, the present writ petition is dismissed with a liberty to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedy before appropriate Forum. Sd/- Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) (Ramesh Sinha) Judge Chief Justice Brijmohan