The Alappuzha Additional District and Sessions Court-III on February 26 (Monday) dismissed a petition filed by the accused in the murder of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) leader K.S. Shan in Kerala seeking to “return” the chargesheet submitted by the Crime Branch Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) against them.
The defence argued that the murder case was registered by the Mannancherry police, under whose jurisdiction the crime happened, and as such the chargesheet should have been submitted by the Mannancherry Circle Inspector instead of the DySP who probed the case.
Judge Roy Varghese observed that the chargesheet remained valid and accepted it. “We (the prosecution) argued that the DySP was appointed by the District Police Chief to lead the investigation in the case. As such, the DySP has the right to submit the chargesheet. The court accepted it and dismissed the petition seeking to return the chargesheet,” said Harris P.P., public prosecutor in the Shan murder case.
