IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.956 of 2019
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-224 Year-2019 Thana- AGAMKUAN District- Patna
Neha Kumari, W/o Suman Samir, D/o Rajendra Vishwakarma, Resident of
Chandmari Road, P.S.-Kankarbagh, District-Patna.
… … Petitioner
Versus
1. The State of Bihar through Secretary, Ministry of Home, Government of
Bihar, Patna
2. The Director General of Police, Government of Bihar, Patna.
3. The Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, Government of Bihar,
Patna.
4. The Senior Superintendent of Police, District-Patna.
5. The Superintendent of Police, Patna City.
6. The S.D.P.O., Patna City Sub Division, Patna.
7. Officer- in -charge, Agam Kuan Police Station, Patna
8. Officer-in- charge, Mahila Thana Patna.
… … Respondent/s
Appearance :
For the Petitioner : Mr. Abhay Krishna, Advocate
For the Respondents-State: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Ghosarvey, AC to AAG-3
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH
ORAL JUDGMENT
Date : 19-06-2019
This application under Articles 226 and 227 of the
Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner for issuance
of a direction to the respondent no.2, the Director General of
Police, Government of Bihar, Patna to get the investigation of
Agamkuan P.S. Case No.224 of 2019 registered inter alia under
Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code by constituting an honest
special investigation team to bring out the truth.
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2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the
petitioner instituted the case against her husband Suman Samir and
his family members on 03.03.2019 alleging that she was being
subjected to cruelty by her husband and family members. Though
the first information report was instituted on 03.03.2019, the
accused persons have not been arrested so far. The police are not
taking proper steps in course of investigation and the petitioner has
lost hope in getting justice from the investigating officer who is
investigating the case. He contended that in view of inaction on the
part of police in apprehending the accused persons, the matter
requires to be handed over to some special investigating team so
that proper action in course of investigation may be taken place.
3. Per contra, learned counsel for the State submitted
that the apprehension in the mind of the petitioner that the
investigation is not fair or impartial is imaginary. There is no
material on the basis of which it can be said that the investigation
is tainted. The law does not mandate that immediately after
institution of the first information report the accused persons must
be arrested. He contended that there is no reason for change of
investigating officer or investigating agency at this stage.
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4. Having heard the parties and perused the record, I
am of the opinion that the application filed by the petitioner is
misconceived.
5. To hold investigation into a cognizable offence is
the statutory right of the police. At this stage, neither the informant
nor the accused has got any say. The investigation is supposed to
be confidential in nature. Merely because the accused persons
named in the first information report have not been apprehended
by the police, there can not be any presumption that the
investigation is tainted. The investigating agency can not act at the
dictate of the informant. In absence of any material so show that
the investigation is unfair or tainted, the prayer of the petitioner
can not be allowed.
6. The application is dismissed.
(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)
Sanjeet/-
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Uploading Date 21.06.2019
Transmission Date 21.06.2019