Allahabad High Court Restricts Police Re-Investigation Without Magistrate's Nod

The Allahabad High Court ruled that police cannot re-investigate a case without the magistrate's permission. Hearing a petition, the court emphasized that this investigative power is not available to any police rank. The directive was in response to actions taken in a criminal case from Gautam Buddh Nagar district.

The Allahabad High Court has issued a critical ruling, affirming that police authorities cannot initiate further investigations into a case without obtaining prior permission from a judicial magistrate.

Justice JJ Munir and Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal made this clear while hearing a writ petition from an individual named Navneet, involving a controversially re-investigated case in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district.

The court criticized the actions of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central NOIDA, demanding a detailed affidavit explaining his decision to direct further investigation in violation of Section 173 (8) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), and ordered no coercive actions against the petitioner.

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