JUDGMENT :

BIBEK CHAUDHURI, J. : –

1. The petitioner has prayed for quashing of the proceeding in connection with Complaint Case No.AC 2622 of 2022 pending in the 9th Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate at Alipore.

2. Petitioner is an Inspector of Police at present in charge of Sonarpur Police Station. The court complaint was alleged by the opposite party No.1 against the petitioner stating, inter alia, that on 7th February, 2022 he noticed involvement of a private vehicle bearing Registration No.WB06N-0699. In the front of back screen of the said vehicle the word “POLICE” were written in read colour in order to create a false impression in the mind of general public as well as the public authorities that the said vehicle belongs to Police Department. Seeing the said vehicle, one Parag Mukherjee, Advocate made an application under the provision of Right to Information Act to the State Public Information Officer of West Bengal Police Directorate to ascertain as to whether the vehicle bearing Registration No.WB06N-0699 belongs to the Police Department or not. The Public Information Officer sent a reply that there is no record in the Police Department of the State of having vehicle