HC questions justification of handing over cases to CBI

The Calcutta High Court today questioned the justification of handing over cases to CBI, given the agency'a success in achieving conviction.
Hearing a petition by Debojyoti Roy, independent councillor of Kandi Municipality in Murshidabad district seeking a CBI probe into his alleged abduction, Justice Joymalyo Bagchi wanted to know how many cases investigated by CBI had led to conviction.
If a petitioner drew satisfaction from the fact that CBI was investigating the case, it is different, but otherwise what would be the justification of handing over the probe to the central agency, Justice Bagchi said.
The petitioner's counsel Pratik Chatterjee submitted that the state police had not yet even questioned the accused persons named in the FIR in connection with the alleged abduction of Roy.

He submitted that if CBI was handed over the probe, then he would at least have the satisfaction that there would be a probe into the matter.
Roy was allegedly abducted in February this year before a no-confidence vote against chairman Apurba Sarkar of Congress. The no-confidence motion had been brought by Trinamool Congress.
Justice Bagchi directed the investigating officer and the officer in-charge of Kandi police station to appear before the court in person along with the case diary on August 30.