JAMMU, Dec 31: Justice Rahul Bharti while hearing petitions seeking quashment of FIRs, observed that a shoddy and compromised investigation of and in a criminal case is wedded from inception to checkmates at every stage of trial and fated to be failure be it at its very inception or at the end.
After examining the deficiencies in the investigations, the Court quashed the police reports in both FIRs & ordered a fresh investigation into FIR No. 20 of 2024 to be conducted by Police Station Pacca Danga within two months & FIR No. 24 of 2024 was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation with instructions to complete the probe within 90 days.
Justice Rahul Bharti further directed that any delay in completing the investigations must be justified by the investigating authorities through a formal application for an extension. To ensure transparency, the Police Station Janipur was instructed to transfer all case records to the CBI.
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