15 Ranajit (AR.CT) 08.09.2026 Ct.05 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction (Appellate Side) W.P.A. NO 20783 OF 2026 Jiaur Rahaman Khan @ Raja -vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Debasish Sur, Mr. Rajib Kumar Acharyya ….for the petitioner. Sk. Rejaul Alam ….for the respondent nos.8 to 11. Mr. Anish Kumar Mukherjee, Mr. Arghya Chatterjee ….for the State. 1. Writ petition is presented thereby praying for direction upon concerned police authorities to take steps in connection with Panskura Police Station Case No.379 dated 21st May, 2026. It further appears that petitioner is not satisfied with regard to steps taken by concerned police authorities in investigating aforesaid criminal prosecution. 2. State respondents and respondent nos.8 to 11 are represented by learned advocates. 3. It is submitted on behalf of State respondents that based on complaint lodged FIR was registered and investigation is going on. 4. If petitioner has grievance relating to investigation which is being carried out by concerned police authorities, in that event petitioner needs to approach jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 175(3) BNSS, 2023. 5. In this regard, reliance is placed on the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court reported in 2026 SCC Online SC 798 (Sujal Vishwas Attavar & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.). 6. In view of availability of alternative remedy to petitioner, writ petition is not entertained and same stands dismissed. . 7. However, this order shall not preclude the petitioner to approach jurisdictional Magistrate in pursuit of remedy. 8. Parties to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.) 2