Abinaya Subramaniyam v. Director General Of Police

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 18.11.2019

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH Crl.OP No.15631 of 2019 Abinaya Subramaniyam .. Petitioner Vs.

1.The Director General of Police, Crime Branch CID No.3, SIDCO Electronic Complex, I Floor, Guindy, Chennai 600 032.

2.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Organised Crime Unit II, Chennai City Crime Branch CID, Chennai.

3.The Sub Inspector of Police, Mohanur Police Station, Mohanur, Namkkal District.

4.M.Karthik Manickam, IRS, Deputy Director of Income Tax (Inv.) Unit 4(1) Chennai 600 034.

.. Respondents PRAYER:- Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., directing the respondents to conduct a free and fair investigation and file a status report on the suspicious death of the petitioner's father in Crime No.226 of 2017 in accordance with law.

For Petitioner : Mr.Shanmugam.T For Respondents : Mr.C.Iyyapparaj for R1 to R3 Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition is filed to direct the respondents to conduct a free and fair investigation and file a status report on the suspicious death of the petitioner's father in Crime No.226 of 2017 in accordance with law.

2. On the suspicious death of the petitioner's father, an enquiry was commenced under Section 174 of Criminal Procedure Code in Crime No.226 of 2017. Since there was no much progress https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

in the enquiry, the present petition has been filed seeking for a direction to the respondents to conduct a free and fair investigation.

3. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor relied upon the status report filed by them dated 24.09.2019 and submitted that the investigation has been done in a fair manner and final report will be filed before the concerned court at the earliest. In my view, if the second respondent/ police is directed to complete the enquiry within a stipulated time, the ends of justice would be secured.

4. In the light of the above observations, there shall be a direction to the second respondent to complete the enquiry commenced under Section 174 of Criminal Procedure Code, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

5. With the above observations, the Criminal Original Petition stands closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS VI) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar vkr To 1.The Director General of Police, Crime Branch CID No.3, SIDCO Electronic Complex, I Floor, Guindy, Chennai 600 032.

2.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Organised Crime Unit II, Chennai City Crime Branch CID, Chennai.

3.The Sub Inspector of Police, Mohanur Police Station, Mohanur, Namkkal District.

4.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

+1cc to Mr.T.Shanmugam , Advocate SR.No. 96485 Crl.OP No.15631 of 2019 A.SK(18/12/2019) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/