A bench of Justices BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala, and PV Sanjay Kumar strongly lamented about the disappointing police probe and prosecution in the case and called for the introduction of a police code of investigation to guide scientific investigations.
“We may note with deep and profound concern the disappointing standards of police investigation that seem to be the invariable norm … It is high time, perhaps, that a consistent and dependable code of investigation is devised with a mandatory and detailed procedure for the police to implement and abide by during the course of their investigation so that the guilty do not walk free on technicalities, as they do in most cases in our country. We need say no more,” the bench observed.
The bench was hearing appeals challenging a 2017 Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment.
The High Court had upheld the convictions and sentence of the three accused in the murder case. The trial court had convicted them in 2016.
Source: Barandbench
