JUDGMENT :

Pushpa Sathyanarayana, J.

(Prayer: Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent against the order dated 29.01.2021 in W.P.No.5519 of 2020.)

1.This intra-court appeal is directed against the order of the learned single Judge dated 29.01.2021 made in W.P.No.5519 of 2020, by which the writ court, declined the relief sought for by the appellant/writ petitioner to direct the Inspector of Police, Karamadai to withdraw himself from investigating the case in Crime No.354 of 2019, pending on his file and transfer the investigation to the Superintendent of Police, Central Bureau of Investigation, Chennai and direct him to investigate the same.

2. The case of the appellant herein/writ petitioner is that, his son K.Harish, who studied 11th Standard in Vidya Vikas School, Karamadai, Coimbatore, by staying in the hostel run by the School, committed suicide on 19.12.2019 by hanging himself in the fan of the hostel room and the same was informed to the petitioner at 4.00 p.m., by one Nagarajan, Sub-Inspector of Police, Karamadai. Suspecting the cause of death of his son and the circumstances narrated by the Sub-Inspector of Police and the School Authorities for the death of his son Harish and having not satisfied with the manner in which the investigation was conducted, the appellant has filed the writ petition for the above relief.

3. The learned single Judge, upon hearing the arguments of both sides, and after perusing the case diary with regard to Crime No.354 of 2019, dismissed the writ petition on 29.01.2021. The penultimate and the concluding paragraphs of the order are extracted hereunder for better understanding:

“11. The classmates and roommates of Harish (deceased) Krishnan, Hari Prabu, Sabari Ganesh, Haswath, Jittender State about the petitioner-s son in pensive mood, depressed and always with the thought of missing his classmate, Sasi Prbha of -Sri Sai Bramha Maharishi Matriculation School-, Sulur, Coimbatore. The roommates state that Harish had left early to hostel room informing he had stomach pain. It was Krishna, roommate, who first saw the Harish hanging in the hostel room. The P.T Teachers Mr.Venkatesh and Mr. Pratap brought him down, informed the police. The students had gathered and the other students in the school compound was in state of shock, agitated, the situation was about to go out of control, hence the body was removed, taken to police station, thereafter to the Government Hospital, Coimbatore. Inquest was conducted, a knife found near the washbasin seized. The bucket, nylon rope, chapels were also seized. The diary of Harish seized in which he has written the name of his classmate of his previous school, the writing found confirms the pensive mood of Harish, added to it he was not keeping good health for some time, all the factors cumulatively could have been reason for the extreme step of Harish. The petitioner being the father of Harish, who lost his loving, bright student, with future dreams got shattered, out of emotional outburst, unable to come to terms, had such apprehension. From the perusal of the case diary, it is seen that the apprehension of the petitioner is misplaced. The statements and materials collected are in conformity to the procedures. There is no contra materials to interfere with the investigation.

12. In view of the same, this Writ Petition is dismissed. However, it is open for the petitioner to produce any materials to the Investigation Officer, if available, to put forth and substantiate his contention. In such case, the investigating officer to receive and to consider the same. However, there shall be no order as to costs.

Aggrieved by the dismissal of the writ petition, father of the deceased filed the instant writ appeal.”

4. Heard the learned counsel for the appellant and the learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondents 2 to 6 and perused the materials available on record in the form of typed set of papers. Notice is not ordered to the first respondent, in view