A ANANTHI Vs. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS Criminal Original Petition is filed, seeking direction upon respondents 1 and 2 to withdraw the case in Cr.No.391 of 2014, from the file of the third respondent and to transfer the same to the fourth respondent, for fair and de novo investigation.

(2.) THE petitioner is the mother of the deceased/Navaneethakrishnan, who was working as Horticulture Officer at Pennagaram. The said Navaneethakrishnan was nominated for international training for nursery management from 17.07.2012 to 31.07.2012, at CINADO Training Centre, Israel. Thereafter, he was transferred to the Office of the Deputy Director of Horticulture, Dharmapuri. Later, he was transferred to the Office of the Assistant Director of Horticulture, Pennagaram Block, Dharmapuri. The deceased was on special duty as Project Manager for Indo -Israel Project on Centre of Excellence for Cut -flowers (CEC project site) at Thally Block, Krishnagiri District, from July, 2013. He was an honest Officer. On 11.12.2014, around 10.30 a.m., her family received a phone call from the Joint Director of Horticulture, Krishnagiri District, to the effect that her son was found missing from aforesaid site and his mobile phone was switched off. Immediately, the petitioner contacted all her relatives and his friends to find out his whereabouts. But her efforts ended in futile. Therefore, on 11.12.2014, husband of the petitioner lodged a complaint before the third respondent/Police about the missing of his son/ Navaneethakrishnan, pursuant to which, a case was registered in Crime No.391 of 2014, under the caption "Man Missing".

(3.) THE case of the petitioner, as stated in the Petition, in short, is that no proper investigation was done by the third respondent/Police and eventhough, the third respondent/Police had all clues with themselves, they did not investigate the case in a proper direction. On 15.12.2014, at about 4.00 p.m., Police Officer noted a foul smell emanating from the unused septic tank at the Horticulture Training Centre, Thally, and on opening the lid of the septic Tank, they found a decomposed dead body of Navaneethakrishnan. Thereafter, on 17.12.2014, the third respondent/Police arrested one Nagaraj, who was employed as Watchman in the CEC project site, and on his confession, his stepson Muniraj was identified and they were arrayed as accused Nos.1 and 2 respectively.