JUDGMENT

SUJATA V. MANOHAR, J.- Investigation regarding Crime Nos. 225 of 1994 and 246 of 1994 of Police Station Vanchiyoor, District Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala State in what has come to be known as the ISRO Espionage case, were initially carried out by the State Police. On 3-12-1994, at the request of the State of Kerala, investigation was entrusted to the Central Bureau of Investigation by the Government of India. Consequently, cases RC 10(S)/94 and RC 11(S)/94 were registered in SIC. II Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation. On completion of investigation in RC 10(S)/94, a charge-sheet has been filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam, Kerala on 17-12-1994. Investigation of case RC 11(S)/94 is continuing.

2. After the entrustment of the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation on 3-12-1994, and while the investigation was in progress, O.P. No. 17367 of 1994 was filed on 13-12-1994 in the High Court of Kerala by an organisation called Niyamavedi being public interest litigation, praying that the first respondent, Raman Srivastava, IPS, Inspector General of Police, Southern Zone, Kerala State, Trivandrum, be arrested by the Director, CBI, New Delhi