In respect of an incident that is said to have taken place on 15.11.2013, the petitioner filed a complaint in Cr.M.P.No.2788 of 2016 before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Devakottai and on the orders of the learned Magistrate, under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the respondent police registered a case in Crime No.313 of 2016, on 22.12.2016, for offences under Sections 294(b), 324, 506(i), 379 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. Now, the petitioner/defacto complainant is before this Court for a direction to the respondent police to complete the investigation in a time bound manner.
2. The fact remains that the occurrence had taken place way back in the year 2013 and the petitioner has brought the complaint belatedly and the First Information Report has been registered only very recently on 22.12.2016. Therefore, this Court cannot issue a direction to the respondent police to complete the investigation in a time bound manner. However, the respondent police is directed to expeditiously conduct the investigation and either file a final report or a closure report, as the case may be, expeditiously.
3. With the above direction, this petition stands dismissed.
To
1.The Inspector of Police, Devakottai Town Police Station, Cr.No.313 of 2016, Sivagangai District.
2.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai..