AGARTALA, India, March 26 -- Tripura High Court issued the following order/judgement on Feb. 23:
1. Heard Mr. P. Roy Barman, learned senior counsel assisted by Mr. K. Chakraborty, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. Kohinoor N. Bhattacharjee, learned Government Advocate appearing for the State-respondents.
2. By means of filing this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:
"i) Issue Rule, calling upon the Respondents and each one of them, to show cause as to why a Writ of Certiorari and/or in the nature thereof, shall not be issued, directing them, to transmit the records, lying with them, for rendering substantive and conscionable justice to the Petitioner, and for quashing/setting aside the impugned Letter dated 08.11.2025 (Annexure-3 supra);
(ii) Issue Rule, calling upon the Respondents and each one of them, to show cause as to why a Writ of Mandamus and/or in the nature thereof, shall not be issued, mandating/directing them to register an FIR, in connection with the Written Complaint of the Petitioner dated 26.10.2025 (Annexure-1 supra), under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and the Information Technology Act, 2000, against one Sri Pranab Sarkar and his associates, and to proceed with the investigation of the case, in accordance with law;
(iii) Call for the records, appertaining to this Writ Petition;
(iv) After hearing the parties, be pleased to make the Rule absolute in terms of (i) to (iii) above;
(v) Costs of and incidental to this proceeding (vi)Any other Relief(s) as to this Hon'ble High Court
(vi) may deem fit and proper."
3. The petitioner, who is a Member of Tripura Legislative Assembly, has preferred this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for a writ, direction or order to quash the letter dated 08.11.2025, issued by the respondent No.4 herein, and mandating the respondents to register First Information Report (for short "FIR") in connection with the written complaint of the petitioner dated 26.10.2025 and to proceed with the investigation. To begin with, it may be apposite to briefly note the circumstances in which the aforesaid order dated 08.11.2025, came to be passed.
*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindiaHC/cases/display_pdf.php?filename=I1mmm2bl4r4EREhYK63Kv07NZePCZ6p4ky8%2FMfNTPju0qonXjOwyOcHYNrjwBypc&caseno=WP(C)/110/2026&cCode=1&cino=TRHC010002392026&state_code=20&appFlag=)
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