Supreme Court of India

Ashok Kumar Todi v. Kishwar Jahan & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 3 S.C.R. 597

Bench P. Sathasivam and Dr. B. S. Chauhan JJ.

Decided 1 March 2011

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above decision, almost all the counsel appearing on either side have no quarrel about the issue and their present grievance is whether the order of the learned ASHOK KUMAR TODI v.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 120- read with ss. 306 and 506 - Inter-religious marriage - Unnatural death of husband - Investigation by the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) - Writ petition by the mother and the brother of the deceased seeking transfer of investigation from CID to CBI on ground of alleged nexus between the police and father-in- /aw of deceased- Single Judge of the High Court appointing CBI to enquire into the unnatural death of the husband and o giving liberty to the CBI to proceed in accordance with/aw for_ filing charge-sheet before the competent court u/s. 173(2)

Authorities it was built on

2001 Hemant Dhasmana v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Anr. cited by 11

Where later benches applied it

2025 Amit Kumar & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2011 State of Punjab v. Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar & Ors. Etc relied on
2018 Tehseen Poonawalla v. Union of India and Anr. referred to
2013 Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of U.P. and Ors. referred to
2013 Prof. K.V. Rajendran v. Superintendent of Police, Cbcid South Zone, Chennai & Ors. referred to

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