Supreme Court of India

Khursheed Ahmad Chohan v. Union of Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [2025] 7 S.C.R. 1295
Bench Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 21 July 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, the impugned judgment dated 18th September, 2023, passed by the learned Single Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar in Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No. 111 of 2023 connected with Writ Petition (Civil) No. 592 of 2023 , rejecting the appellant’s prayer for transfer of investigation to the CBI, is hereby quashed and set aside.

Judgment, page 35

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as to whether the facts and circumstances disclosed in the complaint, supported by compelling medical evidence of grievous injuries, including complete genital mutilation, mandatorily required registration of an FIR; whether the gravity of the alleged custodial torture, the systematic cover-up by local police machinery, and the inherent conflict of interest arising from the pendency of cases punishable under NDPS Act against the appellant necessitate transfer of investigation to the CBI; and whether FIR registered against the appellant u/s.309 IPC should be

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