TAPAS PAUL Vs. BIPLAB KUMAR CHOWDHURY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The case of the writ petitioner is that there has been "inaction on the part of the respondent authorities thereby not taking necessary steps to arrest the private respondent No.7 thereby treating the complaint dated July 2, 2014 of the petitioner as F.I.R."

(2.) The written complaint dated 2nd July, 2014 addressed to the Inspector -in - Charge, Nakashipara Police Station, District Nadia referred to above reads as follows: - <FRM>JUDGEMENT_97_LAWS(CAL)8_2014_1.html</FRM>

(3.) In the body of the writ petition, besides elaborating the written complaint and alleging that the respondents police authorities including the Chief Electoral Officer had failed to take any effective step, it was also pointed out that he came to know from an article dated 2nd July, 2014 published in BBC NEWS INDIA Website "that the private respondent No.7 ultimately confessed before the media "Some remarks made by me in the heat and dust of the election campaign have caused dismay and consternation. I apologise unreservedly for them, "I have no excuses to offer. It was a gross error of judgement and deeply insensitive..... It should not have happened. And I assure you it will not happen again,".