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RANJAN GOGOI, DEEPAK GUPTA, SANJIV KHANNA
SUBRATA CHATTORAJ – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent
ORDER :
Sanjiv Khanna, J.
By a slew of orders in the main Writ Petition and the order dated February 05, 2019 in the Contempt Petition, this Court had sought to allay confrontation and clash between the Central Bureau of Investigation (for short, `CBI'), a Central Investigating Agency, and the Police Force in the State of West Bengal (for short, 'WBSPF'). With regret, we acknowledge and accept that despite orders and words of advice, antagonism and acrimony has escalated and not ebbed as is evident from the pleading and arguments addressed before us. To avoid prolixity and as limited controversy arises for consideration, we are not referring the earlier orders for the purpose of the present judgment, albeit express our disappointment and dismay seeing the CBI and the WBSPF pitted and casting aspersions against each other and being embroiled in this feud. They have forgotten that the primary purpose and role of the police is to investigate crime, collect evidence and prosecute the offenders. Situation is grim as both sides have hardened their stand and there is no administrative mechanism in place to avoid and resolve such conflicts between the two wings of the police force in the cou
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