January 9, 2026 (15) ARDR WPA 29818 of 2025 Sunil Ranjan Samanta Vs. The State of West Bengal & ors. Adv. Rudraksha Chattopadhyay, Adv. Sagnik Bhattacharya, … for the petitioner. Adv. Tapas Kr. Roy, …for the State. Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner and the report submitted by the State are taken on record. None appears for the private respondents despite service. The petitioner intends to press prayer (a) of the application and does not press any other prayer. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner and his wife are senior citizens and are unable to reside in their ancestral house due to threat to the lives and property meted out by the private respondents at the behest of their daughter in law (respondent no.10). The sole prayer of the petitioner is police assistance so that he is able to return to his house with his wife. Report submitted by the State demonstrates matrimonial dispute between the petitioner’s son and his wife. The police found the house of the petitioner under lock and key during their visit thereto. Upon considering the submission made on behalf of the petitioner, this Court is inclined to hold that since the petitioner and his wife seek to return to the ancestral house, the Officer in charge, Bhupatinagar Police Station, 2 being the respondent no.4 herein shall render necessary assistance to the petitioner so that he is able to return to his house with his wife. The petitioner shall inform the date and time of his return to the 4th respondent who shall take necessary steps to accompany the petitioner thereto. The police shall continue to render assistance to the petitioner in order to avoid any untoward incident in the locality and to ensure that the petitioner is able to reside in his ancestral house with his wife peacefully and without any disturbance from any corner whatsoever. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall however, be no order as to costs. Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the petition are deemed not to have been admitted. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh, J.)