{"id":77279,"date":"2008-09-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/thomas-stephen-vs-the-director-general-of-police-on-19-september-2008"},"modified":"2017-07-22T13:01:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T07:31:11","slug":"thomas-stephen-vs-the-director-general-of-police-on-19-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/thomas-stephen-vs-the-director-general-of-police-on-19-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Stephen vs The Director General Of Police on 19 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Thomas Stephen vs The Director General Of Police on 19 September, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 5596 of 2006(N)\n\n\n1. THOMAS STEPHEN, IYKKARAMMANNIL,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE,\n\n3. THE SUB-INSPECTOR OF POLICE,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.SURIN GEORGE IPE\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :19\/09\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                          KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n               ----------------------------------------------\n                    W.P.(C) No.5596 of 2006\n               ----------------------------------------------\n                 Dated 19th September, 2008.\n\n                            J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>           The writ petition is filed mainly with the following<\/p>\n<p>prayers :-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                       &#8220;(1) Issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate<br \/>\n          writ direction or order commanding respondents 1 and 2 to<br \/>\n          conduct a proper investigation in light of the facts appraised in<br \/>\n          Ext.P3 representation.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                       (2)     Issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate<br \/>\n          writ direction or order commanding respondents 1 and 2 to<br \/>\n          conduct the investigation in crime No.345 of 2004 of Mannar<br \/>\n          Police Station in a fair and impartial manner by a police officer not<br \/>\n          below the rank of a Deputy Superintendent of Police having<br \/>\n          untarnished service records.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In view of the decision of the Supreme Court in <a href=\"\/doc\/1836621\/\">Sakiri Vasu v.<\/p>\n<p>State of U.P. and Others<\/a> (2008(2) KHC 13), it is for the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner to approach the Magistrate of competent jurisdiction, in<\/p>\n<p>which case, the investigation can be continued under the<\/p>\n<p>supervision of the said court.\n<\/p>\n<p>           The writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                              KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>tgs<\/p>\n<p>                KURIAN JOSEPH, J<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<p>           W.P.(C) No.5596 of 2006\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                  J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>         Dated 19th September, 2008.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Thomas Stephen vs The Director General Of Police on 19 September, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 5596 of 2006(N) 1. 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