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2025 Supreme(Online)(Cal) 3825

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Tirthankar Ghosh, J
Raban Tudu – Appellant
Versus
The State of West Bengal – Respondent
WPA 11049 of 2025



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. S. C. Atha
For the Respondents: Mr. Vivekananda Bose, Mr. Surajit Basu, Mr. Suman Chakraborty, Ms. Jasika Alam

The judgment affirms the necessity of police intervention to maintain community peace while addressing individual rights.

Headnote:In this judgment, the court addressed the interference in rites and rituals, referencing relevant police actions including the deployment of police to maintain peace, as per the state's admission. The court highlighted the need for ongoing monitoring and reporting from police authorities regarding potential disturbances relating to community issues (referenced by Section 126 of the BNSS). The primary finding stresses the importance of maintaining law and order while considering the rights of the parties involved. The court ultimately disposed of WPA 11049 of 2025 along with any pending applications.

Mr. Surajit Basu Mr. Suman Chakraborty Ms. Jasika Alam … for the respondent no.10 R e The petitioner is aggrieved by the fact that the private respondents have been interfering with his rites and rituals.

To that effect, there were incidents which flared up and it has also been admitted by the State that at the relevant point of time when the incidents took place, police picket was deployed.

According to the State, number of General Diary Entries and proceedings under Section 126 of the BNSS were drawn up to maintain peace and tranquility. For a period of almost 11 months, steps were taken by the police authorities.

Having regard to the nature of the dispute complained of, for the next six months, the Sub-Divisional Police Officer would call for a weekly report from the concerned police station as to whether there is any scope and/or possibility of repeated incident relating to the community as referred to in the writ petition.

In case, any information is received, abundant precaution and/or deployment of police force be reinforced to maintain law and order.

With the aforesaid observations, WPA 11049 of 2025 is disposed of.

Pending application(s), if any, is also disposed of.

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