HC declines to transfer murder case to CBI

The Madras High Court today declined to transfer the probe into the murder of Gokulraj, a Dalit youth who had married a non-Dalit girl, in a suspected case of honour killing to CBI from CB-CID.
Justice P N Prakash declined to transfer the case to CBI saying " this court finds that CB-CID has proceeded with the investigation in the right lines and therefore, there is no necessity to transfer the case to CBI".
The body of Gokularaj was found on the railway track near Pallipalayam in Namakkal district on June 27, 2015 and it had triggered protests from his family who alleged it was honour killing. A love affair with a girl belonging to another caste was suspected to be the reason for his murder.

Gokulraj's mother Chitra submitted that her son was murdered by one Yuvaraj and another henchman on June 23, 2015.
The prosecution submitted that after Gokulraj went missing, a case was registered in Thiruchengode police station. Initially, the case was registered on June 24, 2015 for an offence under IPC 363 (kidnapping). However, after the body was recovered, a case was registered by Erode Railway Police under Crpc 174 (suicide).
The case was later altered to offence under sections 302 (murder) and 362 (abduction) on July 1, 2015 and the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Thiruchengode Sub Division, Namakkal district, has taken up the investigation.

On the orders of the DGP, on September 19, 2015, the case was again transferred to CB-CID, Namakkal, and the probe was conducted by the Additional Superintendent of Police, CB-CID, Coimbatore.
Chitra filed an application for transferring the probe from CB-CID to CBI contenting that Yuvaraj was an influential person and was scuttling the investigation.
In his order, the judge said "this court carefully perused the final report and the accompanying documents, including the case diary, and found that there is no serious infirmity in the investigation and no need to transfer the case to CBI.