IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 11TH JUNE 2010 / 21ST JYAISTHA 1932 WP(C).No. 269 of 2010(Q) ------------------------ PETITIONER(S): --------------- M.T.RADHAKRISHNAN, THEKKEKUTTU HOUSE, VAZHOORKARA, CHANGANASSERY TALUK, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.A.X.VARGHESE SRI.A.V.JOJO RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KOTTAYAM. 2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTAYAM WEST POLICE STATION. 3. M.J.JOSEPH MANNARATHU, PALATHINKAL HOUSE, KODIMATHAKARAYIL, KOTTAYAM SOUTH P.O., KOTTAYAM TALUK. 4. JEEMOL JOSEPH, W/O.JOSEPH MANNARATHU, PALATHINKAL HOUSE, KODIMATHAKARAYIL, KOTTAYAM SOUTH P.O., KOTTAYAM TALUK. 5. M.N.CHANDRABOSE, S/O.NANAPPAN, MEENCHIRA VEEDU, THIRUVARPPU VILLAGE, KOTTAYAM. 6. RAMACHANDRAN, S/O.MADHAVAN, THEKKANATHU VEEDU, MANJAPETTY KARA, KALKOONTHAL VILLAGE, UDUMBANCHOLA TALUK, IDUKKI. GOVERNMENT PLEADER MR.C.S.HRITHIK THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/06/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------------- W.P(C)No. 269 OF 2010 -------------------------------------- Dated this the 11th day of June, 2010 JUDGMENT Petitioner, who is the de facto complainant in Crime No.855/2009 of Kottayam West Police Station, for offences punishable under Sections 420, 406, 403, 120B read with 34 IPC, seeks a direction to the first respondent, Superintendent of Police to entrust the investigation of the said case to a Senior Police Officer not below the rank of Dy.S.P with a direction to monitor the same. 2. The learned Public Prosecutor on instructions submitted that, the police have already filed a final report before the J.F.C.M Court -III, Kottayam on 8.5.2010 on the ground that the dispute involved is a civil dispute. If so, the remedy of the petitioner is to file a protest complaint. Without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to have recourse to the said remedy, this Writ Petition is dismissed. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE dmb