IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.928 of 2008 NILAM DEVI wife of Lakhan Das resident of village Habibpur Harijantola, P.S. habibpur, Dist. Bhagalpur ……Petitioner Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. I.G. Bhagalpur, 3. Superintendent of Police, Bhagalpur, 4.Officer incharge Schedule Caste Schedule Tribe P.S. …..Respondents. ----------- 2 18.3.2009 This is an application for issuance of a writ or directions to the respondents to lodge the first information report against the accused persons. It is the case of the petitioner that she went to the Harijan Police Station, Bhgalpur to lodge the F.I.R. but the police did not lodge it and no action has been taken as yet. A counter affidavit has been filed by the State in which it is stated that a complaint was received by the police from the complainant on 4.9.2008, but the petition was neither signed nor does it bear the thumb impression of the complainant and without the signature or thumb impression a formal F.I.R. cannot be registered. The Officer in Charge of the SC/ST Police Station made several attempts to contact the complainant but her relative and the villagers informed that the complainant is not living with her husband and children for some years. In view of the averments made in the counter affidavit, I do not find any merit in this application and the same is dismissed. However, dismissal of this application shall not prejudice the case of the petitioner as she is due to file a proper complaint according to law. Rahman (J.B. Koshy, CJ) - 2 - Rahman/