‘Grossly misconceived, utterly frivolous, figment of imagination’: J&K&L High Court junks PIL, says petitioner ‘not completely in his senses’

The high court also noted that when asked about the social cause of his PIL, the man said it was his “first attempt”.

The man in his PIL accused two senior officials of the police of being involved in selling drugs in Jammu. The man alleged he was being “poisoned by both the officials” about 20 times in two years for raising his voice against the drug mafia.

The court, however, rubbished saying these were “more of a figment of his imagination”.

The court also recorded a previous allegation of the man against one sitting judge of the court and called it a case of “false and disparaging allegations” noting that such conduct amounted to “criminal contempt”.

The court, however, referred to the man’s “mental health” that suggested he was not “completely in his senses” and did not initiate any action against him.

While dismissing the PIL, the court did not impose any exemplary costs on the man but noted that he had taken the judicial system for granted and made an attempt to misuse it.

The bench pointed out that such attempts through PIL misuse the process of law and waste the precious time of the court, and are “required to be nipped in the bud”.

Justice Sanjeev Kumara, authoring the judgment, said he took “pity on the man” and left him with a warning that any further attempt of such nature would be viewed seriously.
Background

The man, a BTech Graduate, had worked in a multi-national company, was seeking orders from the high court to provide him ammunition license and security of the Army personnel, anticipatory bail, suspension of the police officials, along with directions to test the food items that were allegedly poisoned to kill him.

He claimed that his father, a junior engineer and working as the in-charge telephone exchange, was instrumental in providing information to the security agencies against anti-national people at the peak of militancy.