Calcutta High Court Directs Police Commissioner To Not Assign Any Duties To Cop Over Alleged Assault On Advocate

The Calcutta High Court has directed the Commissioner Of Police, Kolkata, not to assign any further duty to Tushar Kumar Chandra, a police personnel attached to Bidhannagar East Police Station over the alleged assault on an advocate of the Calcutta High Court, Manujendra Narayan Roy.

Justice Tirthankar Ghosh held: “The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Bidhannagar (East) Police Station is directed to preserve the CCTV footage of the location referred to in the writ petition in respect of 20th August, 2025 and 21 August, 2025. The Commissioner of Police, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate is directed not to assign any further duty to Tushar Kumar Chandra/the respondent no. 5 till further orders of this court.”

Roy had allegedly faced a brutal and barbaric assault by members of the Bidhannagar East Police Station, resulting in the fracture of his pelvic bone.

In a meeting of the High Court Bar Association, it was unanimously resolved that as a mark of protest against the police atrocities perpetrated upon Manujendra Narayan Roy, the Members of the Bar Association will not participate in any judicial proceedings in any mode and manner before the High Court Court tomorrow i.e. 22.08.2025 from 10:30 am onwards, until proper and satisfactory punitive measure and/or action is taken against the erring police personnel who deliberately and brutally assaulted the advocate.

The matter has been listed on 25th August for further orders.

Case: Manujendra Narayan Roy & Anr. -Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Case No: WPA 19558 of 2025