29.09.2026 45 Court No. 05 (DL) (Suvendu Mukherjee) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction (APPELLATE SIDE) WPA 25499 of 2026 Lalita Sing alias Lalita Sing Roy & Anr. –Versus – The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Suman Majumder ….for the petitioners Mr. Rudraman Bhattacharyya Mr. Anirban Das Mr. Avik Biswas …for the State respondents Mr. Amit Ranjan Pati Ms. Swastika Chowdhury Ms. Ilika Nag ….for the respondent no. 6 1) Affidavit of service filed on behalf of petitioners is taken on record. 2) By presenting this writ petition, dissatisfaction is expressed relating to manner of investigation being carried out by concerned police authorities in connection with Sabang Police Station Case No. 370/2025 dated 17th November, 2025. According to petitioners, police authorities are required to take certain steps for effective investigation of aforesaid case. 3) State respondents and respondent no. 6 are represented by learned advocates. 2 4) It appears that petitioners are dissatisfied with the manner of investigation prompting petitioners to approach this Court with present writ petition. 5) If petitioners find that necessary steps are not being taken by concerned police authorities while investigating aforesaid case, in that event petitioners need to approach jurisdictional Magistrate raising grievance. 6) In this regard, reliance is placed on judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court reported in 2026 SCC OnLine SC 798 (Sujal Vishwas Attavar and Another Vs. State of Maharashtra and Others). 7) In view of availability of alternative remedy, writ petition is not entertained and same is dismissed. 8) However, this order shall not preclude petitioners to approach jurisdictional Magistrate in pursuit of remedy. 9) Parties to act on server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.)