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2026 Supreme(Raj) 431

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR
ANOOP KUMAR DHAND
Prem Prakash Bidyasar, S/o. Shri Gyanendra Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Jaswant Singh for Mr. Harendra Singh.
For the Respondents: Mr. Rajesh Choudhary, GA-cum-AAG assisted by Mr. J.S. Rathore, Add.GA., Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Asst.GA., Mr. Vinod Kumar Sharma & Mr. Anirudh Singh, Mr. V.K. Singh, ADG (Law & Order), Mr. Vikas Sharma, DIG (Law & Order), Mr. Vipin Pandey, ADG (Crime), Mr. Harendra Mahawar, IPS (IGP PHQ), Mr. Shiv Lal Bairwa, Addl. SP, Dudu, Mr. Puran Mal, CI (PS Pratap Nagar), Mr. Vinod Kumar, Addl. SP, Lalsot, Mr. Madan Lal, S.I. (PS Ramgarh Pachwara), Mr. Mukesh Kharadiya, SHO, Dudu.

Order :

ANOOP KUMAR DHAND, J. 

1. On the last occasion, when the case was listed before this Court on 27.04.2026, the following order was passed:-

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3. This Court has noticed and felt on various occasions that the investigation of several criminal cases could not be completed expeditiously and the same have remained pending for a considerably long time because in many cases, the same Investigating Officer, who has been assigned the task to investigate the matter has also been assigned other duties of maintaining law and order in the concerned area. Under these circumstances, it becomes very difficult for such Investigating Officers to discharge both the duties simultaneously.

4. For separation of investigation work from law and order, even the Law Commission of India in its 154th Report has recommended such separation to ensure speedier investigation, better expertise and improved rapport with the people without, of course, any watertight compartmentalisation in view of both functions being closely interrelated at the ground level.

5. In discharge of its constitutional duties, this Court deems it just and proper to observe that certain directions are required

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