Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 895 · Decided 30 December 2010
State of Andhra Pradesh v. Viswanadula Chetti Babu ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 895 · [2010] 11 S.C.R. 868
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 131/2004
- Decided
- 30 December 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
c SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES (PREVENTION OF ATROCITIES) RULES, 1995: r. 7 - Investigating Officer -Held: In view of the clear mandate of the Rules, it was only a specified Deputy Superintendent of Police who could investigate an offence D under the Act - Any officer not specified as per Rule 7, would not be entitled to investigate any such offence - In the instant case, the investigation has been made by an officer of the rank of an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police - This was not permissible - The Judgment of the E High Court in this respect, upheld
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