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$-60& 33 HIGH COURT OF DELHI W.P.ICRL^ 2373/2018& Crl.M.A.No.296Q1/?01S
RAJESHIOIANNA ^ ~r.Petitioner
RAJESHIOIANNA ^ ~r.Petitioner
VERSUS
COMMISSIONEROFPOLICE&ORS. Respondents W.P.fCRLI 1781/2018& Crl.M.A.Nn.llft41/7.niS
ALIKHABOODSHAKERI petitioner
ALIKHABOODSHAKERI petitioner
VERSUS
COMMISSIONEROFPOLICE Respondent
Through: Ms. Titasha Banarjee and Mr. Sanjay Pal, Advocates.
Mr.Sanjeev Bhandari,SpecialPublic Prosecutorfor CBI with Mi*.Prateek Kumar, Advocate for RespondentNo.2.
Ms. Kamna Vohra, Additional Standing Counsel for State with SIPawan Kumar,PS
BOW.
Through: Ms. Titasha Banarjee and Mr. Sanjay Pal, Advocates.
Mr.Sanjeev Bhandari,SpecialPublic Prosecutorfor CBI with Mi*.Prateek Kumar, Advocate for RespondentNo.2.
Ms. Kamna Vohra, Additional Standing Counsel for State with SIPawan Kumar,PS
BOW.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAJMIWAZIRI
24.09.2018 Atthe outset,Mr.Bhandari,the learned SpecialPublic Prosecutor for
CBI,states thatthe CBIhas no role in the case and thatthe investigation of the case has been entrusted to theEconomic Offences Wing vide order dated
13.09.2017.
The learned counsel for the State too submits that the petition is not maintainable in the first instance because the petitioners have an equally efficacious alternative remedy available to them.
The petitioners are aggrieved by what they state to be an unfair investigation in the case bearing FIR No. 13/2017 registered under sections
420/406/409/ I20B IPC and RC No.219/2017 E0002 under sections
2018:DHC:8866 120B/420/471 IPG r/w sections 13(2) and 13(l)(d) of the Prevention of
Corruption Act, 1988, at Police Station Economic Offences Wing, New Delhi. The petition shall be treated as a representation to the police and appropriate action shall be taken thereupon. The petitioners shall be informed ofthe action taken,within six weeksfrom today.
At this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that she has been threatened over telephone calls, originating outside of India,and that her representation to the police has yielded no result.
Ms. Vohra, the learned counsel for the State, assures the Court that the matter will be looked into and appropriate action, as may be, would be taken, with intimation to the counsel for the petitioners. She further submits that since the last order,two persons, namely, Rajesh Khanna and
Giri Raj Singh Rahal have been arrested on 17'^ and 18^*^ of July, 2018 respectively and that the investigation is underway. She submits, upon instructions, that investigations are likely to be ~conGluded_shortly and she expects compliance ofthe statutory provisions as stupulted. Letthe needful- be done.
Should the petitioners have any grievance, it will be open to them to seek legal remedies,as available in law.
The petitions, alongwith pending applications, stand disposed-off in the above terms.
A copy of this order be given dasti to the learned counsel for the parties under signature ofthe Court Master.
NA^IWAZIRI,J.
SEPTEMBER 24,2018/sb 2018:DHC:8866
24.09.2018 Atthe outset,Mr.Bhandari,the learned SpecialPublic Prosecutor for
CBI,states thatthe CBIhas no role in the case and thatthe investigation of the case has been entrusted to theEconomic Offences Wing vide order dated
13.09.2017.
The learned counsel for the State too submits that the petition is not maintainable in the first instance because the petitioners have an equally efficacious alternative remedy available to them.
The petitioners are aggrieved by what they state to be an unfair investigation in the case bearing FIR No. 13/2017 registered under sections
420/406/409/ I20B IPC and RC No.219/2017 E0002 under sections
2018:DHC:8866 120B/420/471 IPG r/w sections 13(2) and 13(l)(d) of the Prevention of
Corruption Act, 1988, at Police Station Economic Offences Wing, New Delhi. The petition shall be treated as a representation to the police and appropriate action shall be taken thereupon. The petitioners shall be informed ofthe action taken,within six weeksfrom today.
At this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that she has been threatened over telephone calls, originating outside of India,and that her representation to the police has yielded no result.
Ms. Vohra, the learned counsel for the State, assures the Court that the matter will be looked into and appropriate action, as may be, would be taken, with intimation to the counsel for the petitioners. She further submits that since the last order,two persons, namely, Rajesh Khanna and
Giri Raj Singh Rahal have been arrested on 17'^ and 18^*^ of July, 2018 respectively and that the investigation is underway. She submits, upon instructions, that investigations are likely to be ~conGluded_shortly and she expects compliance ofthe statutory provisions as stupulted. Letthe needful- be done.
Should the petitioners have any grievance, it will be open to them to seek legal remedies,as available in law.
The petitions, alongwith pending applications, stand disposed-off in the above terms.
A copy of this order be given dasti to the learned counsel for the parties under signature ofthe Court Master.
NA^IWAZIRI,J.
SEPTEMBER 24,2018/sb 2018:DHC:8866
JUDGMENT