“What have you done for registration of FIR?. Did you approach state police?” the CJ asked, repeatedly stressing how, without an FIR, the criminal law cannot be set in motion.
The bench asked senior counsel Vikram Nankani, appearing for Singh, to first satisfy HC on maintainability of the PIL and whether the court can direct investigation without an FIR in order to get interim relief. The interim relief sought is ‘safe custody’ of CCTV footage from outside Deshmukh’s residence.
Nankani read out Singh’s letter and referred to the report by Rashmi Shukla, former commissioner (intelligence) to the Director General of Police to submit the issue is “related to interference by political masters.” He said Singh was not challenging his transfer order of March 17.