Neutral Citation 2026:JHHC:8414 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (Cr.) No. 731 of 2025 Pavindar Kaur Singh, W/o Sri Upkar Singh, R/o Line No. 1, H. No. 2, Kasidih, P.O.- Kasidih, P.S. Sakchi, Town- Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum. --- --- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. The Secretary, Home Department, Ranchi. 3. The Deputy Collector, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur. 4. The Senior Superintendent of Police, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur. 5. The Officer-in-Charge, Sakchi Police Station, East Singhbhum. 6. Sri Pradeep Kabra. 7. Sri Sandeep Kabra. 8. Sri Amit Kabra. Resp. nos. 6-8, S/o Late Om Prakash Kabra, R/o H. No. 14, Road No. 12, Circuit House Area, North West, P.O.+P.S.- Sonari, Town Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum. 9. Gurudayal Singh. 10. Gurudev Singh Resp nos. 9-10, S/o Late Kundan Singh, R/o Holding No. 191, Kasidih Basti, P.O.- Kasidih, P.S.- Sakchi, Town Jamshedpur, Dist.- East Singhbhum. --- --- Respondents --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Arun Kr. Pandey, Adv. For the State : AC to G.A.-V --- 07/23.03.2026 The grievance of the petitioner is that despite making a written complaint, no First Information Report has been instituted by the Police against respondent nos. 06 to 10. In the backdrop of the prayer made by the writ petitioner, we may refer to the case of Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P. & Ors. reported in (2008) 2 SCC 409, wherein it has been held as follows: “26. If a person has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police station his first remedy is to approach the Superintendent of Police under Section Neutral Citation 2026:JHHC:8414 154(3) CrPC or other police officer referred to in Section 36 CrPC. If despite approaching the Superintendent of Police or the officer referred to in Section 36 his grievance still persists, then he can approach a Magistrate under Section 156(3) CrPC instead of rushing to the High Court by way of a writ petition or a petition under Section 482 CrPC. Moreover, he has a further remedy of filing a criminal complaint under Section 200 CrPC. Why then should writ petitions or Section 482 petitions be entertained when there are so many alternative remedies? 27. As we have already observed above, the Magistrate has very wide powers to direct registration of an FIR and to ensure a proper investigation and for this purpose he can monitor the investigation to ensure that the investigation is done properly (though he cannot investigate himself). The High Court should discourage the practice of filing a writ petition or petition under Section 482 CrPC simply because a person has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police, or after being registered, proper investigation has not been done by the police. For this grievance, the remedy lies under Sections 36 and 154(3) before the police officers concerned, and if that is of no avail, under Section 156(3) CrPC before the Magistrate or by filing a criminal complaint under Section 200 CrPC and not by filing a writ petition or a petition under Section 482 CrPC. In view of the alternative remedy available to the petitioner, I am not inclined to entertain this writ application which accordingly stands disposed of. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) Dated- 23rd March, 2026. Preet/- Uploaded on: 26 /03//2026