Braj Kishore Singh @ Brij Kishore Singh And ORS v. The State Of Bihar Through The Director General Of Police, Patna, Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.971 of 2015 ======================================================

1. Braj Kishore Singh @ Brij Kishore Singh son of Late Nand Lal Singh

2. Ranjan Singh @ Samir Ranjan, son of Braj Kishore Singh, petitioner no.- 1 & 2 are Resident of village- Paharpur Ahlad, P.S.- Sahebganj, DistrictMuzaffarpur.

3. Satyendra Singh @ Satyendra Kr. Singh son of Birendra Singh @ Bigu Singh, resident of Village- Bangara Nizamat, P.S.- Sahebganj, DistrictMuzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Director General of Police, Patna, Bihar.

2. The Inspector General of Police, Tirhut Range, Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

3. The Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarpur.

4. The Investigation officer of Sahebganj Police Station, DistrictMuzaffarpur.

5. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarpur. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Yugal Kishore For the Respondent/s : Mr. A.B.Sinha(Sc-19) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-09-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

In the present application, the petitioner, who has been made accused in Sahebganj P.S.Case No. 204 of 2015 dated 10.08.2015, has prayed for issuance of a direction to the respondents to transfer the investigation of the case to an independent investigating agency like C.I.D.

In my view, the application is thoroughly misconceived. An accused has no right to choose the investigating

Patna High Court Cr. WJC No.971 of 2015 (2) dt.24-09-2015 2/2 agency by which the case against him should be investigated. Accordingly, the application, being devoid of any merit, is dismissed.

(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J) Pradeep/- U T