JUDGMENT

Dated this the 28th day of July 2021 A father, who is aggrieved by the investigation that has been conducted into the unnatural death of his son Suryan, by the District Crime Branch in Thrissur Medical College Police Crime No.339/2018, requests interference of this Court to hand over the investigation to the 4th respondent-Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a meaningful and effective investigation.

2. The aforesaid Crime is registered under Section

174 of the Cr.P.C. for unnatural the death of Suryan, a 29- year-old man, hail and hearty, employed as a driver. He went missing from his house in the evening of 20.05.2018, and on 21.05.2018 at about 3.00 PM, his body was recovered from an unused abandoned well situated in a property at Eyyanikkadu in Mundathikodu, Thrissur. The petitioner preferred Ext.P1 complaint to the Commissioner of Police, Thrissur, with copies to the 2nd respondent-State Police Chief and Chief Minister but to no avail. He has therefore approached this Court with a writ of mandamus to direct the State Police to hand over the investigation to the CBI. The investigation was handed over to the 3rd respondent- Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Dis