S.Dakshinamurthy, v. The Director General Of
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 12.08.2021
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI CRL.O.P.NO.2586 OF 2018 AND CRL.M.P.NO.1076 OF 2018 S. Dakshinamurthy, S/o. Subramanian .. Petitioner Vs.
1. The Director General of Police, Office of the Director General of Police, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004.
2. The Superintendent of Police, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.
3. The Inspector of Police, Vedharanyam Police Station, Vedharanyam Taluk, Nagapattinam District.
...Respondents
Prayer: Petition filed under Sections 457 and 380 IPC to direct the 1st respondent to transfer the case in Crime No.223 of 2016 on the file of 3rd respondent police to some other agency police to investigate the above same and file a final report expeditiously and pass such further or other order as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstance of the case and thus render justice.
For Petitioners : Mr.S.R.Murugabharathi For Respondents : Mr.C.E.Pratap Public Prosecutor
ORDER
The petitioner has filed this petition to direct the 1st respondent to transfer the case in Crime No.223 of 2016 on the file of 3rd respondent police to some other agency police to investigate the above same as expeditiously as possible. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
2. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that to the shock and surprise of the petitioner, 10 sovereigns gold were stolen from his house and hence he lodged a complaint before the Law Enforcing Agency. Though the complaint was filed in the year 2016, till date the investigation has not been completed and no final report on the said complaint has been filed. Hence prays for appropriate orders.
3. The learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) submitted that the investigation would be completed in a short span of time and this Court may fix an outer time limit to the respondent Police to conclude the investigation.
4. In view of the limited prayer sought for by the petitioner, this Court without going into the merits of the matter, issues direction to the 3rd respondent Police to complete the investigation within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, in accordance with law. Consequently connected miscellaneous petition is closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS III) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar sk To
1. The Director General of Police, Office of the Director General of Police, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004.
2. The Superintendent of Police, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.
3. The Inspector of Police, Vedharanyam Police Station, Vedharanyam Taluk, Nagapattinam District.
+1cc to M/S.S.R.Murugabharathi, Advocate, S.R.No.39970 Crl.O.P.No.2586 of 2018 SJ(CO) PM/14/09/2021 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/