Supreme Court of India
D. Venkatasubramaniam and Ors. v. M.K. Mohan Krishnamachari and Anr.
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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
- 2011 State of Punjab v. Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar & Ors. Etc
- 2018 Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr.
- 2018 E. Sivakumar v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2014 Dinubhai Boghabhai Solanki v. State of Gujarat & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 distinguished · 1 referred to · 1 not applicable
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