SRI KAPTAN SINGH [DECEASED]THROUGH LRS. vs RAJINDER SINGH & ANR.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal seeking a writ of mandamus for the transfer of a complaint to an independent police agency, noting that the appellant, Kaptan Singh, had been murdered and the trial for his murder was pending. The Court found that the dispute involved acute questions of fact regarding property alienation during police custody, which could not be satisfactorily adjudicated in this appeal. The Court left the matter open for the legal representatives of the deceased to pursue in an appropriate forum, dismissing the appeal without costs.