( 2026:JHHC:9390 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (Cr.) No. 9 of 2025 Niranjan Soni, aged about 34 years, Son of Mandal Soni, Resident of Doda Toli, P.O. & P.S.-Lohardaga, District-Lohardaga --- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. The Director General of Police, Ranchi, Officiating at Police Headquarters, P.O. & P.S.-Dhurwa, District-Ranchi. 3. The Deputy Commissioner, Lohardaga, officiating at First Floor, Collectorate, Lohardaga, P.O. & P.S.-Lohardaga, District- Lohardaga. 4. The Superintendent of Police, Lohardaga, P.O. & P.S.-Lohardaga, District-Lohardaga. 5. The Officer In-Charge, Lohardaga Thana, P.O.-Lohardaga, P.S.- Lohardaga, District-Lohardaga. 6. The Investigating Officer, Lohardaga Thana, P.O.-Hazaribagh, P.S. Lohardaga Thana, District-Lohardaga. --- Respondents --- CORAM: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay --- For the Petitioner: Mr. Ajit Kumar, Sr. Advocate Miss. Khushi, Advocate For the Respondents: Mr. Yogesh Modi, AC to AAG-IA --- 04 / 01.04.2026 Heard Miss. Khushi, learned Counsel for the petitioner and leaned AC to AAG-IA. 2. In this writ application, the petitioner has prayed for a direction to transfer Lohardaga P.S. Case No. 144/2024 to an independent agency as the investigation is being carried out by the State Police in a most casual manner. 3. It appears that the brother of the petitioner was going on a scooter to sell jewelry worth about 2,00,000/- but he did not return home and ( 2026:JHHC:9390 ) later on in course of enquiry, the body of the brother of the petitioner as well as his scooty were taken out from two separate pits. 4. It has been submitted by learned Counsel for the petitioner that though two persons have been arrested and confessed but the manner of occurrence does not seem that it is a handy work of two persons; rather it seems that several other persons were involved. 5. It has been submitted that there has been a lackadaisical investigation by the State Police and therefore, in such circumstances the prayer has been made to transfer the investigation to an independent agency, either the C.I.D. or the C.B.I. 6. Mr. Yogesh Modi, learned A.C. to AAG-IA has submitted that on completion of investigation, charge-sheet has been submitted by the Police. It has further been submitted that two of the accused were apprehended and their confessional statements reveal the manner in which they have participated in committing the murder of the brother of the informant. 7. Though the prayer in this writ application is with respect to proper investigation in the murder of the brother of the informant but it appears that the State Police had conducted the investigation in a proper manner and have also arrested the culprits who were involved in the commission of murder. 8. Learned Counsel for the petitioner has failed to give appropriate reasons which would entail this Court to direct an independent agency to conduct the investigation into the allegations made in Lohardaga P.S. Case No. 144/2024. The subsequent development in the case as stated by learned AC to AAG-IA reveals about submission of charge-sheet and ( 2026:JHHC:9390 ) apprehension of two accused persons and recording their confessional statements and there being no reasons which would entail this Court to direct an investigation by an independent agency, I am not inclined to entertain this writ application which accordingly stands disposed of. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J) 1st April, 2026 P.K.S. Uploaded