03. 03. 07.08.2026 (D/L) (D/L) CT. NO. 05 CT. NO. 05 (ARPAN-A.R.CT.) In The High Court at Calcutta CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT Jurisdiction (Appellate Side) W.P.A. 18302 OF 2026 SRI VINOD SINGH VS. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS …………… Mr. Arnab Saha, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Abdul Nooman, Adv. …For Petitioner Mr. Deb Kumar Chandra, Adv. Ms. Megha Sarkar, Adv. …For State Mr. Sarathi Dasgupta, Adv. Mr. Anubhav Khastagi, Adv. …For Respondent No.8 1. At the time of call accommodation is prayed for on behalf of petitioner on the ground of learned advocate but same prayer is refused as it is found that no purpose would be sub-served in keeping this writ petition pending. 2. Prayer is made in this writ petition for registration of FIR. 3. State respondents and respondent no.8 are represented by learned advocates. 4. Petitioner needs to approach jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 175(3) of BNSS, 2023 in the event complaint of petitioner is not transformed into FIR. In this regard, reliance is placed on the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court reported in (2007) 6 SCC 171 (Aleque Padamsee and others vs. Union of India and others). [2] 5. Due to availability of alternative remedy, present writ petition is not entertained and same stands dismissed. 6. However, this order shall not preclude the petitioner to approach jurisdictional Magistrate in pursuit of remedy. 7. Parties to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this court. (SAUGATA BHATTACHARYYA, J.)