High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/27162/2020allowed

Sandeep Sharma v. State Of Haryana And ORS

2024-07-15Ms. Justice Harpreet Kaur Jeewan19 pages

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(ii) Prior to carrying out further investigation under Section 173 (8) of the CrPC it is not necessary that the order accepting the final report should be reviewed, recalled or quashed.

(iv) Further investigation is merely a continuation of the earlier investigation, hence it cannot be said that the accused are being subjected to investigation twice over. Moreover, investigation cannot be put at par with prosecution and punishment so as to fall within the ambit of Clause (2) of Article 20 of the Constitution. The principle of double jeopardy would, therefore, not be applicable to further investigation.

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We may further elucidate. The power to order fresh, de-novo or re-investigation being vested with the Constitutional Courts, the commencement of a trial and examination of some witnesses cannot be an absolute impediment for exercising the said constitutional power which is meant to ensure a fair and just investigation. It can never be forgotten that as the great ocean has only one test, the test of salt, so does justice has one flavour, the flavour of answering to the distress of the people without any discrimination. We may hasten to add that the democratic setup has the potentiality of ruination if a citizen feels, the truth uttered by a poor man is seldom listened to.

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