Justice J B Pardiwala disposed of the petition filed by Prabhaben, mother of Swetang Patel who died allegedly in custody after being caught by the police during the quota violence, while giving direction to the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that it should carry out a thorough investigation in the case.
The court said there was no need for it to monitor the investigation that was being carried out by CID.
The state today submitted before the HC that the probe has been handed over to CID and an FIR has also been registered in the case.
Government pleader Mitesh Amin also informed the court that the police has recorded statements of Swetang's mother and sister and investigation has begun.
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Advocate Tarak Damani, appearing for Swetang's mother, submitted that there were some lacunae in the FIR.
The HC said that if the complainant finds any lacunae at any stage then the court can be approached in future.
Earlier, the High Court had directed the police to carry out second autopsy of the body.
In her plea, Swetang's mother demanded setting up of a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the death of her son.