WP(C) 620/2009 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE I A ANSARI Heard Mr. A. K. Hussain, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Ms. B. L. Sinha, learned Government Advocate, appearing on behalf of the respondents. The petitioner had lodged a complaint, on 04.12.2008, in the Court of th e Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup, at Guwahati, making allegations of commissi on of offences of criminal breach of trust, cheating, etc., against the accused, namely, Shikim Ali Ahmed. This complaint gave rise to CR Case No. 5824c/2008. By an order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup, this complaint was sent t o the Officer-in-Charge, Hatigaon Police Station. A case was accordingly regist ered, on 10.12.2008, at the said Police Station, the case being Hatigaon P.S. Ca se No. 136/2008 under Section 406/420/416/506 IPC. The petitioner has filed thi s writ petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuanc e of appropriate writ(s) directing the Investigating Agency to take appropriate action against the accused, the grievance of the petitioner being that the have not taken any action against the accused aforementioned. On the basis of the instructions received, Ms. B. L. Sinha, learned Gove rnment Advocate, submits that the accused aforementioned has already been arrest ed by the police and that it is the petitioner (i.e., the informant of the case aforementioned), whom the police have not been able to trace out and, as a resul t thereof, the petitioner could not be interrogated. It is further submitted, o n behalf of the State respondents, that though there may be some lapses on the p art of the police, the fact of the matter remains that due to the fact that the petitioner has left his permanent place of residence and has not been in touch w ith the police, the police have not been able to interrogate the petitioner and, without examining the petitioner, effective investigation into the case is not possible. In view of the above, it is, now, submitted, on behalf of the petitioner, that this writ petition be disposed of with liberty granted to the petitioner to get in touch with the police and help the police in carrying out an effective and im partial investigation. The petitioner, however, expresses apprehension that he m ay be harmed, particularly, by the supporter(s) of the accused and also by the p ublic, in general, because the petitioner was the one, who had, as an agent of t he accused person’s company, collected money from various subscribers. The peti tioner accordingly seeks some protection. Heard the learned Government Advocat e on the submissions, so made, on behalf of the petitioner. A report has also b een submitted by the learned Government Advocate, which shows that the police ha d, in fact, been taking actions to apprehend the accused and that the investigat ion of the police got hampered due to the fact that the petitioner had left his permanent place of residence and had not been in touch with the police. Considering the matter in its entirety and in the interest of justice, the petit ioner is hereby directed to report to the respondent No. 3, namely, Superintende nt of Police (City), Guwahati, who shall take appropriate action to ensure that the investigation of the case aforementioned is carried out effectively and impa rtially and that the petitioner be provided with necessary security to enable hi m to cooperate with the police in the investigation. Let the report, submitted by the learned Government Advocate, be kept with the r ecords of this writ petition. With the above observations and directions, this writ petition shall stand dispo sed of.