This court dismissed the petitioner's petition seeking the appointment of a retired judge to monitor the SIT investigation, holding that the existing SIT would not submit an unchecked report and no necessity existed for external supervision.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
CWP No. 12854 of 2016 DATE OF DECISION :- June 27, 2016
Dev Raj @ Dev Behl ...Petitioner
Versus
State of Punjab and others ...Respondents
CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE M.JEYAPAUL
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.B. CHAUDHARI
Present :- Mr. Atul Nanda, Senior Advocate with Mr.Karan Bharioke, Advocate for the petitioner.
M.JEYAPAUL, J.
of any nature whatsoever in the conduct of such investigation. The
PARVINDER SINGH 2016.07.01 14:41 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh
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petitioner has also sought a direction for calling, examining and recording the statement of the petitioner and his family members.
On the asking of the Court Mr. P.S. Bajwa, Additional Advocate General, Punjab took notice for the State of Punjab.
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decision within the time frame fixed by this Court.
to monitor and supervise the investigation conducted by SIT.
(M. JEYAPAUL) JUDGE
( A.B. CHAUDHARI) JUDGE
June 27, 2016
p.singh
PARVINDER SINGH 2016.07.01 14:41 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh
2 issues framed by the court
Whether a retired judge needs to be appointed to monitor the investigation by the Special Investigation Team.
Whether the petitioner should be associated with the investigation to remove apprehension of bias.
Dev Raj @ Dev Behl
State of Punjab
M. Jeyapaul
A.B. Chaudhari
As recorded by the court registry
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