Crl.O.P.No.31139 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 20.01.2025 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN Crl.O.P.No.31139 of 2024 P.Govindammal ... Petitioner Vs. 1. The State represented by The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Ranipet District. 2. The Inspector of Police, Arakkonam Town Police Station, Ranipet District. ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS, to direct the first respondent to transfer the investigation in Crime No.428 of 2024 dated 25.08.2024 pending before the Inspector of Police, Arakkonam Town Police Station, Ranipet District to any other competent authority. For Petitioner : Mr.K.Sathyabal For Respondents : Mr.S.Sugendran Additional Public Prosecutor https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.31139 of 2024 O R D E R This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to direct the first respondent-Police to transfer the investigation in Crime No.428 of 2024 dated 25.08.2024 pending before the second respondent-Police to any other competent authority. 2. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents- Police and perused the materials available on record. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner's son's death was caused only due to mental stress made by her daughter- in-law. Hence, the petitioner made a complaint with regard to her son's suspicious death before the second respondent-Police and a case was registered in Crime No.428 of 2024. Though F.I.R was registered in the month of August 2024, neither charge sheet has been filed nor the de- facto complainant was examined. Since there is no progress in the investigation for the past five months, the petitioner has filed this https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.31139 of 2024 criminal original petition. 4. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents-Police submitted that based on the petitioner's complaint, F.I.R has been registered. The defacto complainant was summoned and statement has been recorded from her. Further witnesses have also been examined. The respondent-Police is collecting materials regarding telephonic conversation and E-mail communication at the relevant point of time. The investigation is under progress and the respondent Police will complete the investigation as early as possible. 5. In view of the above facts and circumstances and the submission made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this Court does not find any reason to transfer the investigation from the respondent-Police. However, the second respondent-Police is directed to complete the investigation and file the charge sheet within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Page 3 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.31139 of 2024 6. With the abovesaid direction, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. 20.01.2025 mfa Index:Yes/No Speaking Order: Yes/No Neutral Citation: Yes/No To 1. The State represented by The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Ranipet District. 2. The Inspector of Police, Arakkonam Town Police Station, Ranipet District. 3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Chennai. Page 4 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.31139 of 2024 P.VELMURUGAN, J. mfa Crl.O.P.No.31139 of 2024 20.01.2025 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis