Court questions Bengaluru Police for registering cases against doctor after he alerted authorities; seeks FRRO response
The Karnataka High Court has stayed two FIRs registered against a Bengaluru-based doctor who had informed authorities about the alleged illegal stay of Bangladeshi migrants in the city, observing that the material placed before it indicated a possible abuse of the criminal justice process.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna granted interim relief to the doctor, a resident of Mylasandra, and questioned the Bengaluru Police over the registration of criminal cases against him after he had alerted authorities regarding the presence of suspected illegal immigrants.
During the hearing, the Court orally observed, “The police are acting against the security of the nation. The police act in support of an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh against the people of this city. Stop appeasing.”
The Court was informed that, acting on information provided by the doctor, the police had communicated with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) regarding the alleged illegal stay of Bangladeshi nationals. Subsequently, FIRs were registered against the doctor at Bellandur and Varthur police stations based on complaints alleging that he had assaulted the complainants.
Counsel appearing for the doctor submitted that he had been arrested in one of the cases and was released after spending a day in custody.
Expressing concern over the manner in which the FIRs were registered, Justice Nagaprasanna observed that there appeared to be no material indicating any injury even as per the complaint.
“There cannot be a better illustration of an abuse of the process of law at the hands of the police. It is un-understandable as to how the crime even could be registered without there being any infliction of any injury, even according to the complaint in the case at hand. It is high time that the system stops supporting illegal immigrants, that too by registering crimes against persons of the city who only had shown such people as illegal immigrants,” the Court observed.
The High Court also noted that one of the complainants had been described as a resident of Bangladesh in the records. It observed that this fact should have prompted the Station House Officer (SHO) to verify the circumstances before registering the criminal case.
Finding prima facie merit in the doctor’s plea, the Court stayed all further proceedings in both FIRs until further orders.
The High Court also directed that the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) be impleaded as a respondent in the matter and instructed it to place the status of the alleged illegal immigrants before the Court.
The matter has been posted for further hearing on August 6, 2026.
