D.Pandian, Aged 50 Years, v. The State Rep By Its,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 11.04.2018

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH Crl.O.P.No.10447 of 2018 D.Pandian ...

Petitioner Vs State rep.by The Inspector of Police, M-2, Madhavaram Milk Colony Police Station, Madhavaram, Chennai-600 051.

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Respondent Prayer:- Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to invoke the inherent powers in favour of the petitioner and direct the respondent to file final report in Crime No.1046 of 2017 dated 23.10.2017 under proper provision of law.

For Petitioner :Mr.T.S.N.Prabhakaran For Respondent :Mr.C.Raghavan Government Advocate (Crl.Side)

ORDER

This petition has been filed to direct the respondent to file final report in Crime No.1046 of 2017.

2.Since the allegation in the FIR is that the wife of the defacto complainant died during medical treatment, it is necessary P.N.PRAKASH,J, http://www.judis.nic.in

mps for the Investigating Officer to conduct the investigation in accordance with law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab reported in 2005 AIR SCW 3685.

Under such circumstances, this Court cannot issue any direction to the respondent police to complete the investigation in a time bound manner. However, the respondent police is directed to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible and either file a final report or closure report, as the case may be, under due intimation to the defacto complainant.

11.04.2018 Index :Yes/No Internet :Yes/No Speaking order/Non speaking order mps To 1.The Inspector of Police, M-2, Madhavaram Milk Colony Police Station, Madhavaram, Chennai-600 051.

2.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Chennai.

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