Supreme Court of India

D. Venkatasubramaniam and Ors. v. M.K. Mohan Krishnamachari and Anr.

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Reported as [2009] 14 S.C.R. 441
Bench R.V. Raveendran and B. Sudershan Reddy JJ.
Decided 14 September 2009
Status Distinguished

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we find it difficult to_ sustain the impugned judgment of the High Court . .. Leave granted.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Power of High Court under s.482 to interfere with c the investigation - Scope of - Held: It is statutory obligation and duty of police to investigate into crime and courts normally ought not to interfere and direct investigating agency to investigate in a particular manner - Inherent power of court cannot to be permitted to degenerate into a weapon of harassment or persecution - On facts, High Court, without recording any reason directed police that it was obligatory on their part to record statements from witnesses, arrest, seize property and file

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 distinguished · 1 referred to · 1 not applicable

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