JUDGMENT

Prakash Shrivastava, C.J.

1. The petitioner, who is an elected Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and is also the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly has filed this public interest petition in respect of the incident of attack on the convoy of the Hon’ble Minister of State (HMoS), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India as also an elected Member of Parliament from Dinhata Parliamentary Constituency on 25.02.2023 when he was visiting his constituency. It is alleged in the petition that two persons, whose names have been disclosed in the petition, in a public gathering had instigated the workers belonging to the ruling party of the State to prevent the movement of the HMoS, Ministry of Home Affairs or workers belonging to the principal political opposition party in the State (ruling party in Centre) at Burirhat, a locality in Dinahata Sub-division of Coochbehar district. It has been pleaded that in the afternoon of 25th of February, 2023 when the HMoS, Ministry of Home Affairs, Union of India was visiting Dinhata Constituency, his car and the convoy was attacked and the workers belonging to the ruling party in the State had started pe