Police investigation

VIJAY K. TEOTIA (Querist) 21 September 2016 This query is : Resolved
how long an investigating officer can prolong investigation and delay filing report before the court? what can be the reasonable period for completing investigation in normal circumstances. Allahabad high court recently said that the details of all the investigations pending for more than six months must be submitted to it.

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Raj Kumar Makkad (Expert) 21 September 2016
What is your relation with the aforesaid query?

This is purely an academic query.

VIJAY K. TEOTIA (Querist) 21 September 2016
Sir how it is academic? One of my client is accused in criminal investigation which is pending for more than 2.6 years. Can you please tell me the difference between academic and other query so that i could be able not to bother you. Regards

Raj Kumar Makkad (Expert) 21 September 2016
You are a lawyer so kindly consider that the sole aim of the experts here is to make charity to the really needy persons having no sufficient means to hire the lawyers or even if they have hired, are confused.

We are not paid even a single penny. We devote our own resources of all type which you may imagine.

If a person having no personal problem raises a query either just for his knowledge or for any other purpose than his own problem then such query shall be treated as an academic query not related with him.

As in the given issue, you didn't disclose what is your relation with the query so the same tag was shown to you.

Though this query is still academic but being lawyer, I opine that speedy trial is a right of the accused. Not only Apex Court but recently your own High Court has time and again issued directions to the investigating agencies to complete the investigation within a short span of time and submit charge-sheets before the concerned courts but still it is sen that practically problems are coming in its true implementation as is seen in case of your client.

File a writ of mandamus before high court in your case.

VIJAY K. TEOTIA (Querist) 22 September 2016
Thanks sir. Regards. I thought we can share knowledge also through this platform. You will appreciate that no one is perfect and one should not hesitate to ask questions or share knowledge. Thanks once again.

Ms.Usha Kapoor (Expert) 22 September 2016
Agree with experts.

Raj Kumar Makkad (Expert) 22 September 2016
Mr. Vijay! No doubt being lawyers, we all are students of Law which has no limitation. Exchanging of knowledge is vital part of our profession. Though this particular section of the site is not meant for exchanging the legal knowledge but Forum section is designed for that purpose. I suggest you to post your further queries in that section.