Smt Shanthamma v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, single judge (M.G.S. Kamal J.), WP No. 5295 of 2023 (GM-POLICE), decided 05.06.2026. Themes: delay/slow pace of police investigation in murder case (S.302 IPC among others); request to transfer investigation from local police to CID refused; final report/charge sheet dated 06.03.2023; further investigation under Section 173(8) CrPC; remedy of complainant lying before the jurisdictional Magistrate under Criminal Procedure Code, now Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; writ of mandamus; petition disposed of with liberty reserved. Useful for arguments that post-charge-sheet investigatory grievances should be raised before the Magistrate rather than via Article 226 entrustment petitions.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of, reserving liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedy available before the concerned Magistrate for further investigation or to seek information from the Investigation Officer; no mandamus for entrustment to CID was issued.