https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175938 The State Government's general power of superintendence over the police was held wide enough to include directing further investigation through a competent superior officer, and Section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure was not treated as confining that power only to the original investigating officer. The Court also reaffirmed that investigation remains primarily within the executive domain, so interference under Article 226 is warranted only in exceptional cases of mala fide or abuse of power. On that basis, the High Court's restraint on further investigation was found unwarranted. en-us Tue, 13 Nov 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:07:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175938 The State Government's general power of superintendence over the police was held wide enough to include directing further investigation through a competent superior officer, and Section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure was not treated as confining that power only to the original investigating officer. The Court also reaffirmed that investigation remains primarily within the executive domain, so interference under Article 226 is warranted only in exceptional cases of mala fide or abuse of power. On that basis, the High Court's restraint on further investigation was found unwarranted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 13 Nov 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175938