WP(CRL.) NO. 293 OF 2025 1 2025:KER:28477 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE KAUSER EDAPPAGATH THURSDAY, THE 3RD DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 13TH CHAITHRA, 1947 WP(CRL.) NO. 293 OF 2025 CRIME NO.1684/2024 OF KUNDARA POLICE STATION, KOLLAM PETITIONER: BIDU MAHESH AGED 43 YEARS S/O. SUDEENDRAN, 'MANJU VILASOM’ PERINGULAM P.O, KAYALPURAM, KOLLAM, PIN - 691566 BY ADVS. PRATHEESH.P ANJANA KANNATH SAFNA P.S. RESPONDENTS: 1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695001 2 STATE POLICE CHIEF POLICE HEAD QUARTERS, VAZHUTHAKKAD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695014 WP(CRL.) NO. 293 OF 2025 2 2025:KER:28477 3 DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF KOLLAM RURAL, KOTTARAKKARA P.O, KOLLAM DISTRICT, PIN - 691506 4 STATION HOUSE OFFICER KUNDARA POLICE STATION, KUNDARA P.O, KOLLAM, PIN - 691501 OTHER PRESENT: SMT.SREEJA V., SR. PP THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(CRL.) NO. 293 OF 2025 3 2025:KER:28477 J U D G M E N T The prayer in the writ petition is to give a direction to respondents 1 and 3 to hand over the investigation in Crime No.1684 of 2024 of Kundara Police Station, Kollam to an officer not below the rank of Dy.S.P. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The learned Senior Public Prosecutor, Smt. Sreeja V., on instructions, submitted that the investigation is over and the final report has already been submitted before the jurisdictional court. Hence, this writ petition is closed with liberty to the petitioner to challenge the final report, if he is aggrieved by the same, in accordance with law. Sd/- DR.KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, JUDGE AS WP(CRL.) NO. 293 OF 2025 4 2025:KER:28477 APPENDIX OF WP(CRL.) 293/2025 PETITIONER EXHIBITS EXHIBIT P1 THE COPY OF FIR IN CRIME NO.1684/2024 OF KUNDARA POLICE STATION DATED 13.11.2024 EXHIBIT P2 THE COPY OF THE COMPLAINT FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 3RD RESPONDENT DATED 14.02.2025 EXHIBIT P3 THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ACCIDENT