Supreme Court of India
Dharam Pal v. State of Haryana & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid analysis, the appeal is allowed, the order of the High Court is set aside, and it is directed that the CBI shall conduct the investigation and file the report before the learned trial judge.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.173 - Investigation, transfer of - Rape of appellant's daughter and after few days murder of his wife - Acquittal of accused persons in rape case - Appeal thereagainst pending before the High Court - In murder case, appellant provided with security as threats received by him - Recommendation for transfer of cases to CBI - Whether situation calls for issuance of direction for transfer of the investigation to the CBI - High Court declined to so direct as trial had commenced and some witnesses were examined - On appeal, Held: Constitutional Courts can direct
Authorities it was built on
- 2010 State of West Bengal & Ors. v. The Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal & Ors
- 2012 Vinay Tyagi v. Irshad Ali @ Deepak & Ors.
- 1985 Bhagwant Singh v. Commissioner of Police and Anr.
- 2011 Narmada Bai v. State of Gujarat and Ors
- 2013 Prof. K.V. Rajendran v. Superintendent of Police, Cbcid South Zone, Chennai & Ors.
- 2009 Rama Chaudhary v. State of Bihar
Where later benches applied it
- 2023 Anant Thanur Karmuse v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors
- 2020 Dr Naresh Kumar Mangla v. Smt. Anita Agarwal & Ors. Etc.
- 2020 Neetu Kumar Nagaich v. The State of Rajasthan and Others
- 2018 E. Sivakumar v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2026 Pramod Kumar v. The State of Uttar Pradesh
- 2023 Ritu Chhabaria v. Union of India & Ors.
Of those, 4 relied on · 1 distinguished · 1 referred to
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