IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA ORG.CR. MISC (DB) No.9 of 2008 THE STATE OF BIHAR Versus PROCEEDING AGAINST S.P.,BETTIAH ----------- 7. 09.09.2008 Heard learned counsel for the State and learned counsel appearing for Mr. Bachhu Singh Meena, I.P.S., who was the Superintendent of Police, West Champaran at Bettia till 31.03.2008. The learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, West Champaran, Bettiah has made this reference for initiation of a criminal contempt because his letter dated 15.1.2008 communicating certain directions of this Court to be followed in the matter of supply of police papers to the accused persons was not being replied and the order of this Court was not complied with. The defence of Mr. B. S. Meena is that the said letter, although received by the concerned clerk Sunil Kumar Sinha, was never put up before the Superintendent of Police. The original files containing relevant correspondence and correspondence register have been produced to show that the clerk did not enter the said letter in the concerned register and never put up that letter before the Superintendent of Police. The original file supports the aforesaid plea as there is no stamp of the S.P. Office or any endorsement on that 2 letter to show that the clerk had put up that letter ever before the Superintendent of Police. It further appears from the show cause of the present Superintendent of Police, West Champaran and Mr. B.S. Meena, that disciplinary action has been taken against the concerned clerk. It is expected that the Superintendent of Police, West Champaran, Bettiah shall take more effective steps to streamline the functioning of his office with a view to ensure that the letters received from the judicial officers are not sent to waste-paper basket and suitably replied without any delay. In the facts of the case, show causes filed by Mr. B.S. Meena as well as his Successor are accepted. The proceeding is dropped. BT (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Syed Md. Mahfooz Alam, J.)