2026:JHHC:3981 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W. P. (Crl.) No. 630 of 2023 Seema Kujur, D/o Dhanulal Kujur, R/o Village- Champa, PO and PS- Mahuadar, District- Latehar, Jharkhand. .... .. ... Petitioner(s) Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Ranchi. 3. The Superintendent of Police, Bero Block, PO and PS- Bero District- Ranchi, Jharkhand. 4. The Officer-in-Charge, Itki Police Station, PO and PS- Itki, District- Ranchi. .. ... ...Respondent(s) ........... CORAM :HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY ......... For the Petitioner (s) : Mr. Naveen Kr. Jaiswal, Advocate For the State : Mr. S. Shekhar, AC to AAG.V …... 13/ 11.02.2026. Heard, learned counsel for the parties. 1. The instant Writ Petition (Crl.) has been filed for direction upon the respondents to conduct a fair investigation by an independent agency in unnatural death case being U.D. Case No.06/ 2022 registered with Itki Police Station. 2. Petitioner is the sister of the deceased (Subal Kujur). The said U.D. Case was lodged on the written report of his wife, Puja Tigga on 01.12.2022 that he had committed suicide. 3. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that no fair enquiry was done in the unnatural death case and the Police closed the case as that of suicide on the same day. 4. It is submitted that there was no reason to commit suicide by the brother of petitioner and she suspected foul play in his death. 5. Having gone through the records, I find that the very prayer for investigation in the said U.D. case is legally not tenable. In unnatural death case, the mater is not to be investigated and it is to be enquired into. Unless written or oral complaint is made disclosing a cognizable offence, no FIR can be lodged nor any investigation can be initiated. 6. Further, Petitioner appears to have moved this Court without filing any written report before the PS concerned, as the copy of any such written report has not been enclosed. Unless alternative statutory remedy is exhausted with jurisdiction of a court cannot be invoked 2026:JHHC:3981 2 as a matter of course. The constitutional remedy being extraordinary can be resorted to when there is no other remedy available. 7. Here, there is no material to show that any written report was ever lodged either by the petitioner or by the wife of the deceased and that such a written report was not accepted by the Police Station. There is further no material to show that after the said rejection, the petitioner moved the S.P./ S.S.P., Ranchi for institution of the case. Under the circumstance, the instant Writ Petition (Crl.) being devoid of any merit stands dismissed. Pending I.A., if any, also stands disposed of. (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.) Sandeep/ Uploaded .02.2026