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B. C. Ramachandra Thilakan – Appellant
Versus
Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, Chennai – Respondent
Dama Seshadri Naidu, J.
Facts in Brief:
The appellant, a father, has lost his son in what is believed to be a tragic accident. Unconvinced of the cause of his son's death, the appellant filed W.P.(C) No. 1161 of 2012. His principal grievance was that his son had fallen in love with a police officer's daughter; that the police officer's son and his friends threatened the petitioner's son with dare consequences, if he continued his love affair; that eventually he had been done away with. He accuses the police of shoddy and ineffectual investigation. Therefore, he filed the writ petition seeking reinvestigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into his son's death.
2. This Court, per a learned Single Judge, through a judgment dated 27.07.2012, dismissed the writ petition. Further aggrieved, the father filed this writ appeal.
Submissions:
Appellant's:
3. Sri. A.X. Varghese, the learned counsel for the appellant, has submitted that the appellant's son, hale and hearty, was in the prime of his youth-aged 27 years. According to the learned counsel, the appellant's son fell in love with a police officer's daughter. After coming to know of their love affair, the girl's brother wit
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