Advocate K.M. Shajahan, a lawyer and social activist, filed a Writ Petition (Criminal) under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Kerala High Court, aggrieved by the State Government's failure to register an FIR on the basis of information forwarded by the Enforcement Directorate under Section 66(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), alleging offences under Section 13(1)(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Instead of registering an FIR, the DGP constituted a Special Investigation Team to conduct a preliminary enquiry, which the petitioner challenged as contrary to law. The core legal question before the court was whether, upon receipt of information under Section 66(2) of the PMLA, the State Police is obligated to register an FIR directly or whether it retains the option to conduct a preliminary enquiry first. The court examined the Supreme Court's ruling in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v. Union of India, which held that on receipt of such information from the ED, the jurisdictional police would be 'obliged' to register the case as an FIR (if a cognizable offence) or as a non-cognizable report. The judgment text provided ends mid-analysis, so the final operative order is not captured in the excerpt.