H Basavarajendra vs M/O Personnel,Public Grievances And ... on 24 January, 2018
"32. The investigation into a criminal offence must be free
from objectionable features or infirmities which may
legitimately lead to a grievance on the part of the accused
that investigation was unfair and carried out with an ulterior
motive. It is also the duty of the Investigating Officer to
conduct the investigation avoiding any kind of mischief and
harassment to any of the accused. The
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Investigating Officer should be fair and conscious so as to
rule out any possibility of fabrication of evidence and his
impartial conduct must dispel any suspicion as to its
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genuineness. The Investigating Officer "is not merely to
bolster up a prosecution case with such evidence as may
enable the court to record conviction but to bring out the
real unvarnished truth". (Vide R.P. Kapur Vs. State of
Punjab AIR 1960 SC 866; Jamuna Chaudhary & Ors. Vs.
State of Bihar AIR 1974 SC 1822; and Mahmood Vs. State
of U.P. AIR 1976 SC 69)."