VIKAS KUMAR ROORKEWAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) By filing this petition under Section 406 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 ("The Code", for short), the Petitioner, who is son of late Radhey Shyam and who is also the first informant in the case relating to the murder of his father, has prayed that the case titled as State v. Aakash Tyagi and Ors. being S.T. No. 6 of 2007 pending in the Court of learned Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Haridwar (Uttrakhand) arising out of crime No. 182 of 2006 and FIR No. 169 of 2006 be transferred to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Delhi.

(2.) The background facts as projected by the Petitioner in the instant petition are as follows:

(3.) Because of the high profile of the accused involved in the murder of the deceased engineer, the Uttarakhand police was found to be incapable/reluctant to investigate the crime. Therefore, the State of Uttar Pradesh had directed the Special Task Force along with Special Operation Group to investigate the murder and to arrest the accused. It may be mentioned that the Special Task Force along with Special Operation Group appointed to investigate the matter and to arrest the accused had conducted large number of raids. All the arrests were made by Special Task Force, Uttar Pradesh except one which was effected by the Uttarakhand police on the information of Special Task Force, Uttar Pradesh.