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KAUSER EDAPPAGATH
MANJUSHA K. W/O NAVEEN BABU – Appellant
Versus
CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, KOCHI – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, J.
1. The distressed wife of the late Sri Naveen Babu, the former Additional District Magistrate of Kannur, has approached this court seeking a CBI probe into the unnatural death of her husband.
2. The petitioner’s husband was found dead by hanging in his official quarters on October 15, 2024. At 10.15 a.m. on the same day, Kannur Town Police registered a crime as Crime No. 1149/2024 under Section 194 of BNSS. During the investigation, it was revealed that Sri Naveen Babu faced public humiliation at the hands of the former Kannur District Panchayath President, Smt. P.P. Divya, during his farewell function on the previous evening. It was further revealed that in her speech during the farewell function, Smt Divya had accused the deceased of corruption in connection with the issuance of a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for opening a fuel outlet, threatened him of exposure within two days, recorded the visuals of the event to propagate the same through social media with an intent to publicly humiliate him and left the function before the memento was handed over to the deceased. This caused mental strain on Sri Naveen Babu, and he was forced to commit suicide.
Transfer of investigation to CBI requires exceptional circumstances; mere allegations of bias or political influence are insufficient to warrant such action.
Transfer of investigation requires concrete evidence of bias, not mere allegations; the integrity of the investigation must be maintained.
It is trite law that Article 21 embraces both the life and liberty of the accused as well as the interest of the victim, his or her near and dear ones, as well as of the community at large.
Judicial intervention in criminal investigations is warranted to ensure fair process and public trust when local authorities are ineffective or biased.
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