IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR MONDAY, THE 2ND NOVEMBER 2009 / 11TH KARTHIKA 1931 WP(C).No. 20013 of 2009(Q) --------------------------------------------- CRIME 602/2009 of KOTHAMANGALAM POLICE STATION .......... PETITIONER: E.O. KUNJAN PILLA, AGED 58, S/O. UNNIYATHI, EDAPPATT HOUSE, ALLAPRA, PERUMBAVOOR P.O. BY ADV. SRI.THOMAS M.JACOB RESPONDENTS: 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR GENERAL POLICE, POLICE HEAD QUARTERS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. C.I. OF POLICE, KOTHAMANGALAM POLICE STATION. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.AMJAD ALI THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/11/2009 ALONG WITH WPC NO. 23961 OF 2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: M.Sasidharan Nambiar, J. --------------------------------- W.P.(C)Nos.20013 & 23961 of 2009 --------------------------------- COMMON JUDGMENT Petitioner in W.P.(C)No.20013/2009 is the father of deceased Nini. Petitioner in W.P.(C)No. 23961/2009 is the husband of Nini, who was found dead on 11.3.2009 at about 6.30 p.m. in a canal. Crime No.602/2009 of Kothamangalam Police Station was registered under Section 174 of Code of Criminal Procedure and is being investigated. Dissatisfied with the investigation, the husband as well as the father of the deceased have filed these petitions to entrust the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation or to some other Agency. 2. Learned Government Pleader submitted that investigation of Crime No.602/2009 of Kothamangalam Police Station has already been entrusted with the Crime Branch, as per order dated 7.10.2009 of the Director General of Police. WPC 20013&23961/09 2 3. As investigation has already been entrusted with the Crime Branch, I find it not necessary to give any other direction or necessity to entrust the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Hoping that the Crime Branch will conduct a thorough and expeditious investigation, petitions are disposed with liberty to the petitioners to approach the court and seek appropriate remedy at a later stage, if warranted. 2nd November, 2009 (M.Sasidharan Nambiar, Judge) tkv