Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 711 · Decided 14 May 2025
Hansura Bai & ANR. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 711 · [2025] 6 S.C.R. 280
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2647/2025
- Decided
- 14 May 2025
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 380, 457
Headnote
Whether the Single Judge erred in rejecting the prayers made by the appellants (victim's family) for transferring the investigation into the custodial death of the victim, to some other investigating agency; and to direct the release of sole eye-witness on bail. Custodial death - Transfer of investigation - When to be allowed - 'nemo judex in causa sua': Held: The incident involved the death of a young man in police custody by the local police officials, where though an FIR was registered, but
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