Police not registering FIR, considering the case as suicide

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Police not registering FIR, considering the case as suicide

23-Dec-2023 (In Criminal Law)

Someone in the family fell from 4th floor of a building and died. His wife is claiming suicide, but there was no reason for him to do that. There's no note, and the wife herself found him lying in the back-street when she went all the way to the back-side of the terrace and saw him from above. The wife was evading police in giving her first statement at the hospital and has not been in contact with the in-laws at all, rather, has gone back to her family. Neither the wife nor family inquired about the last rites of the victim. There are multiple other small things that are weird even if looked at from a neutral point of view. The police have kind of decided that its a suicide case and are not ready to register an FIR at all. No interrogation/strict questioning of the wife has been done. We have filed a writ petition in High Court regarding this matter and prayed to the court that the case should be handed over to the crime branch or senior staff. Anything else left to do?

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Advocate Pooja Marwah LawRato · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-23T22:49:03+05:30

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Hello, There was no need to go to high court first when you have the option of getting the fir registered from the court itself. This has to be done in the first place as law has given the option where police does not register the case then court registers the fir. You can contact me if you want to discuss. Thank you.

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Advocate D. Khan LawRato · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-24T21:17:09+05:30

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If you have filed the writ petition ..that must be under Mandamus at Hon’ble High court, in that case you must wait …however 156(3) option was also available for u at district court …HC may consider your writ petition n direct POLICE To register FIR or may ask for Pte-summing evidences or may ask u to go to lower court in this matter …thanks n in touch

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