Part IX How do cases come to CBI for Investigation - Police Functioning Demystified.

Continued from Part VIII https://cvshreejeev.wixsite.com/website/post/part-viii-cbi-police-functioning-demystified-central-bureau-of-investigation

How do cases come to CBI for investigation:

Unlike the local Police, the common man cannot come directly to the CBI to register his complaint as the local Police are the first place where he needs to approach to register his complaint.

Even if CBI receives any complaint either through post or in person, the CBI just forwards it to the correct department for necessary action, with a copy of the covering letter marked to the complainant.

But if the CBI receives any complaint either from a private person or any department wherein the Central Government has been defrauded, it can take up the case for investigation. These are generally about white-collar or financial crimes.

The State Government can also forward complaints/cases to the CBI for investigation.

The Court can direct the CBI to investigate a case. They do it generally under the following circumstances

(1) If the case is Politically sensitive eg. Coal Scam, 2G Scam, Adarsh Housing Society case, etc.

(2) if the case has not been satisfactorily investigated by the local Police eg. Sister Abhaya Murder case of Kerala

(3) If the case has interstate or international ramifications eg. Bofors and Augusta Westland cases.

(4) If the Court feels that justice cannot be done by the local Police due to the accused being very influential in the area eg. Unnao Rape case.

CBI also has its own intelligence network. If they get any reliable information from a credible source, they register a Source Information Report (SIR) and start a secret enquiry. After the enquiry, if there is sufficient material to register an FIR, they go ahead and register it, or else they may close it.

We will discuss about Interpol in Part X of this series.