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JOBIN SEBASTIAN, P. B. SURESH KUMAR
Manjusha K W/o Naveen Babu – Appellant
Versus
Central Bureau of Investigation Represented By Its Standing Counsel, High Court of Kerala – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
P.B.Suresh Kumar, J.
“Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game” said the renowned filmmaker, Blake Edwards. These words, in our view, serve as the perfect prelude to this judgment.
2. The scrutiny that we are called upon to undertake in this case relates to the factual justification for the appellant in approaching this Court for transferring the investigation in the case registered in connection with the death of her husband, from the State Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
3. The husband of the appellant, the former Additional District Magistrate, Kannur, was found dead by hanging in his official quarters on 15.10.2024. The Kannur Town Police registered a crime within few hours under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ( BNS S). In the course of the investigation, it was revealed that the deceased faced public humiliation at the hands of one P.P.Divya, the then President of the Kannur District Panchayat, who in her speech, during the farewell function of the deceased on the previous evening, accus
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