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2018 (5) TMI 2066 - SUPREME COURTTransfer the investigation of a criminal case to the Central Bureau of Investigation - illegal manufacture and sale of Gutkha and Pan Masala, containing Tobacco and/or Nicotine - HELD THAT:- The High Court has justly transferred the investigation to CBI after due consideration of all the relevant aspects, which approach is consistent with the settled legal position expounded in the decisions adverted to in the impugned judgment, including the decision in SUBRATA CHATTORAJ VERSUS UNION OF INDIA [2014 (10) TMI 328 - SUPREME COURT] which predicates that transfer of investigation to CBI does not depend on the inadequacy of inquiry/investigation carried out by the State police. We agree with the High Court that the facts of the present case and the nature of crime being investigated warrants CBI investigation - the conclusion reached by the High Court that in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, it is but appropriate that investigation of the crime in question must be entrusted to CBI, is upheld. The transfer of investigation of the crime in question to CBI is no reflection on the efficiency or efficacy of the investigation done by the State Vigilance Commission - SLP dismissed.
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