IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
N.S.SHEKHAWAT
Central Bureau of Investigation – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
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| 1. establishing the procedural history and the necessity for transferring investigations between jurisdictional courts. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. consolidation of related trial records where multiple investigative agencies have filed reports. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. trial courts must consider all reports, including police and cbi closure/untrace reports, holistically for justice. (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. formulation of final judicial orders regarding transfer and adherence to procedural statutes. (Para 8 , 9) |
JUDGMENT :
N.S. SHEKHAWAT, J.
1. The Central Bureau of Investigation, (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the CBI’), has filed the present petition with the prayer to transfer the record of trial arising out of FIR No. 173 dated 03.09.2015 registered under Sections 302 and 34 IPC at P.S. Simlapuri, Ludhiana, Punjab, which is pending at Ludhiana to the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate, CBI Mohali.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has vehemently argued that initially one FIR No. 173 dated 03.09.2015 under Sections 302 and 34 IPC, P.S. Simlapuri, Ludhiana, Punjab (Annexure P-1) was got registered by Kamalesh Chaudhary by alleging that his elder daughter Inder Rekha was kidnapped by someon
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