TAPAN GUHA ROY Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE writ petitioner intending to establish a distillery at a place located within the Garbeta Police Station applied for licence before the Excise Department. However no licence was granted.

(2.) IT is his further case that the local people having come to learn about the petitioner's initiative to establish a distillery, became very much hopeful that by establishment of such distillery they would get ample opportunity of job. However, when no licence was granted and consequently no distillery was established, the local people became agitated and without knowing the real reason behind it they became hostile to the petitioner. They started threatening the petitioner over phone. Those calls were received by the petitioner at his office situated within the territory of the Goriahat Police Station. The petitioner at once informed both the Garbeta Police Station as also the Gariahat Police Station. Since no action was taken by the police and having regard to the facts it involves the question of safety and security of the writ petitioner, he brought this writ application before this court with two fold prayers viz., a police posting at his place of business and police be directed to ascertain the identity of the callers and to take legal action against them.

(3.) NOW having regard to the aforesaid development this writ application has lost its force and accordingly stands dismissed. The identity of the subscriber of the mobile phones from which the writ petitioner was getting threat call be furnished to him by the police if not already furnished. If so advised, the writ petitioner may proceed against the subscriber of the aforesaid two mobiles in accordance with law and for that no liberty is at all needed. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the learned advocate for the parties on usual undertaking.