1. In the present petition, the petitioner seeks a Mandamus directing the State to hand over the investigation to an independent agency like Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or to any other specially constituted investigation team in regard to the murder of the petitioner’s daughter, namely, Neha Kumari.

Briefly stated, the material facts are as under:

2. On 26.02.2018, an information was received at Police Station, Pacca Danga, Jammu that one Neha Kumari W/o Vivek Bhasin R/o H.No. 06, Ustad Mohalla, Jammu, had received a gun shot at her house and had thus got seriously injured. It appears that during treatment, the petitioner’s daughter succumbed to her injuries. Inquest proceedings under Section 174 Cr.P.C were initiated vide DDR No. 12 dated 26.02.2018 at Police Station, Pacca Danga, Jammu and enquiry initiated by Sub-Inspector, Deeraj Nagpal, SHO of the said Police Station.

3. As per the response filed by the State, during the course of enquiry, the Enquiry Officer, i.e., SHO, Police Station, Pacca Danga visited the spot, prepared a site plan and got the post-mortem of the deceased conducted from Government Medical College, Jammu. Thereafter, the body was handed ove