SANDEEP KUMAR
Shiv Kumar, S/o. Late Sanjay Pandit – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Heard the parties.
2. Office is directed to add Department of Telecommunication as a party, through Secretary, Department of Telecommunication, Government of India.
3. Heard Shri Harendra Prasad Singh, for B.S.N.L., Shri Rajesh Ranjan for Air Tel and Vodafone and Shri Ratnakar Pandey for Reliance Jio.
4. On specific query made by this Court about the registration of F.I.R.s as directed by this Court in its earlier orders with regard to sale and purchase of S.I.M.s by cyber criminals and other documents on forged documents, they submit that the telecom companies are filing F.I.R.s in the jurisdictional police station, but they are facing some difficulties in registration of F.I.R.s. in some police stations as the Officer-in-Charge of those police stations are not registering the F.I.R.s.
5. It is made clear that the Officer-in-Charge of the police stations who are not registering F.I.R.s on the complaint of the telecom companies shall be proceeded against for committing contempt of court.
6. The Advocates for the telecom companies are free to submit the details of those police stations and their Officer-in-Charge who have refused to register their cases.
7. When this Court has m
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