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SAMEER JAIN
Dholi W/o Shri Leela Ram Gurjar – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Considering the identical issue of facts and interwoven prayers, on the directions of the Court, a bunch of matters was listed today. The instant petitions is/are either filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. Section 528 of B.N.S.S. or under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking protection from the State authorities (police authorities), qua the married couples/live-in relationship couples/senior citizens/individuals, who are/had facing/faced threats of extra-legal harassment and/or violence at the hands of their family members/ relatives/social actors or groups.
2. In this regard, learned counsel for the State has relied upon the ‘paragraph no. 30’ of the judgment dated 02.08.2024 in S.B. Criminal Writ Petition No. 792/2024 titled as Suman Meena and Another Vs. State of Rajasthan and Others and has submitted that in the said order categorical directions are spelled out, qua the filing of representation before the three tier authorities i.e. foremost before the police officer who shall be designated as the ‘Nodal Officer’ thereafter, if aggrieved/unsatisfied then before the concerned Superintendent of Police and if still the lis in question is not settled, then bef
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