ORDER :

(The cases have been heard through video conference)

This Criminal Original Petition had been filed to direct the third respondent herein to investigate the case in FIR in Crime No.127 of 2021 dated 20.04.2021 on the file of the Inspector of Police, M-3, Puzhal Police Station, Madhavaram, Chennai to the file of the CBCID and conduct further investigation and file a report.

2. As per the petitioner's contention the petitioner's younger daughter/Gayathri was a MBA graduate and she worked in AKS Alloys Pvt. Ltd owned by one Vikrant Sharma for four years. Later on, she resigned the job and joined another company Viros Trading Pvt. Ltd. Thereafter she resigned the same.

3. On the date of occurrence, she left the house as usual. The petitioner's son received a call at 2.41 p.m., from Mr.Raghuveer who is the neighbour of the petitioner who informed that one Mr.Vikrant Sharma called him seeking contact details of the petitioner and his son. He further informed his son that, he refused to furnish the details and undertook to convey the message to the family. He later informed that the daughter Gayatri had created some sort of problem with Mr.Vikrant Sharma and asked the son of the petitioner to immediately contact Mr.Vikrant Sharma.

4. Immediately, the petitioner and his son called the said Vikrant Sharma who informed him that, at around 2.00 p.m., when the said Vikrant Sharma visited the office premises of one M/s. Gannu Babu Foods (OPC) Private Limited, which is situated at No.6B, Selvam Nagar, Lakshmipuram, Chennai – 99, he found the daughter of the petitioner/Gayatri hanging herself from the ceiling fan. Hearing the said news, the petitioner and his son Purushotham rushed to the office premises of M/s. Gannu Baba Foods (OPC) and found the body of the daughter lying on the floor. Subsequently, in an ambulance the body of the daughter of the petitioner was carried to Government Stanley Hospital. No statement or authorization was taken from either the petitioner or from the son of the petitioner. Mr.Vikrant Sharma was already present at the spot, where the alleged occurrence had taken place.

5. The petitioner and his son went to the Government Stanley Hospital at around 04.45 p.m., only to receive a call from the respondent police asking them to report to the police station and not at the hospital. At around 05.10. p.m., they reached the respondent police station. Upon arrival, they found that the respondent police had taken the statement from one Vikrant Sharma, who blamed the petitioner and his son for pressurizing Gayatri to get married, which subsequently led to the alleged suicide.

6. The petitioner and his son were not called for any subsequent enquiry. The investigating Officer has not at all informed the status of the investigation regarding the alleged suicide. The respondent police had come to the conclusion that the daughter of the petitioner committed suicide due to pressure from the family to get married is the sole reason for the alleged suicide. It is the further contention of the petitioner that they received the shock of their lifetime, when they found out that the above said M/s. Gannu Baba Foods (OPC) Private Limited was owned and registered under the name of petitioner's daughter Gayatri. They were not aware of it. From their own enquiry, they understand that the said Vikrant Sharma had started the company and rented the building in the name of the petitioner's daughter Gayatri. When the petitioner and his son visited the place of M/s. Gannu Baba Foods (OPC) Private Limited, they found that the body of the daughter was on the floor and it was not hanging. No statement was recorded either from the petitioner or from his son. Only a letter to hand over the body alone received by the Investigating Officer. Till the date of filing of the petition, no statement was recorded from the father and brother of Gayatri, the deceased.

7. When the matter came up for hearing yesterday(26.05.2021), the learned Government Advocate