The Director General of Police (DGP) is not empowered to transfer the investigation of a case from one agency to another after the first agency had completed the investigation and filed a final report before the court concerned, the Madras High Court has held.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan held so while dealing with a case booked under Section 354C (voyeurism) of the Indian Penal Code against two individuals accused of fixing a CCTV camera facing the house of the managing director of Sri Krishna Hi-Tech Management Solutions Private Limited in Coimbatore city.
The judge pointed out the Race Course police in Coimbatore city had registered a First Information Report under Section 354C of IPC, Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act and Section 66E of the Information Technology Act in 2019.
