Criminal Original Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. filed to direct investigation within time limit. Court held it cannot fix time bound manner but directed expeditious investigation.
Police directed to complete investigation expeditiously and file charge sheet/closure report with intimation to petitioner.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 17.10.2016
C O R A M
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH
Crl.O.P.No.20590 of 2016
A.N.Ravi Andrews ...Petitioner
Vs. State rep. by The Inspector of Police E-2, Royapettah Police Station, Chennai. ... Respondent PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C to direct the respondent to investigate the case in Crime No.2433 of 2015 dated 07.09.2015, on his file and file a charge sheet within a stipulated time frame fixed by this Hon'ble Court.
For Petitioner : Mr.V.Sathish For Respondent : Mr.C.Emalias Addl. Public Prosecutor O R D E R
This criminal original petition has been filed to direct the respondent to investigate the case in Crime No.2433 of 2015 dated 07.09.2015, on his file and file a charge sheet.
With the above direction, this petition is closed.
-s/d- Assistant Registrar
True Copy
Sub-Assistant Registrar
mk
To
1. The Inspector of Police
E-2, Royapettah Police Station,
Chennai.
2. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
Crl.O.P.No.20590 of 2016
VGI(CO)
KP(12.11.2016)
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the Court can issue a direction to the police to complete investigation in a time bound manner.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
A.N.Ravi Andrews
State rep. by The Inspector of Police E-2, Royapettah Police Station, Chennai.
P.N.Praakash
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
