Swatanter Kumar, C.J.

The facts that emerge can be summed up from the Writ Petition and the additional affidavit filed by the Petitioner. V.G. Patil who was the President of the Jalgaon District Congress Committee, was brutally murdered by two assailants in the early morning hours of 21st September 2005. The Petitioner is the widow of the deceased. The incident was witnessed by Mahendra P. Mahajan on whose statement the first information report, Crime No.242 of 2005 was registered at the Zilla Peth Police Station, Jalgaon. The investigation at the initial stage was conducted by N.S. Ghuge, Inspector of Police. Though the FIR was registered by the Zilla Peth Police Station, the investigation of the crime was transferred by the Superintendent of Police, Jalgaon to the local Crime Branch on the very day, 21st September 2005. The investigation was conducted by the said Police Officer. While investigating the matter, he examined some witnesses; prepared a spot panchnama and inquest panchnama; obtained the cause of death certificate and recorded the statements of several witnesses including Jayant Patil who was the nephew of the deceased. After receiving the investigation pape