JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent-State of Tamil Nadu to register a case under Section 302 of IPC against the respondent No.6 and all other police personnel responsible for the death of the petitioner's son Nithya @ Nithyaraj and to hand over the investigation of the case in Cr.No.2 of 2017 on the file of the respondent No.8 to the Central Bureau of Investigation and further directing the respondent – State to award appropriate compensation to the petitioner for the death of her son.)

1. The Writ Petition has been filed to direct the respondent- State of Tamil Nadu to register a case under Section 302 of IPC against the respondent No.6 and all other police personnel responsible for the death of the petitioner's son Nithya @ Nithyaraj and to hand over the investigation of the case in Cr.No.2 of 2017 on the file of the respondent No.8, to the Central Bureau of Investigation and further directing the respondent – State to award appropriate compensation to the petitioner for the death of her son.

2. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the son of the