Posing a spate of embarrassing questions to police, including Deputy Commissioner who was present in the court, Justice S Nagamuthu pulled up the officers for failure to supervise the probe and filing a charge sheet and final report solely based on the confession of accused.
"It appears that an attempt has been made to safeguard the interest of some people who are really involved in the crime. If the trial court is allowed to proceed with the trial in this matter, I apprehend, all these accused will certainly be acquitted as the entire charge sheet has been laid only on the basis of the confession of accused," the Judge held.
The city public prosecutor was also questioned as to how he cleared the report.
"The father of the deceased who is the de facto complainant has alleged the involvement of 30 persons, including former MLA B Ranganathan, no effort was taken by the Inspector of Police who investigated this matter to find out the possible involvement of the named persons in the FIR," the judge noted.
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The case pertained to the daylight murder of 37-year-old Bhuvaneshwaran on January 10, 2012 by four persons, who waylaid him and fatally attacked him indiscriminately when he was bringing back his three-year old daughter from school.
After going through the case dairy and final report, the judge observed that it was crystal clear that the investigation had not been done properly.