& Anr versus Mohd Arshad Khan & Anr (December 2025) set aside the Allahabad High Court’s order and held that “directing a time-bound investigation must remain the exception rather than the norm”. The Court said that High Courts should intervene only “where delay itself begins to cause prejudice”. held that the phrase “coercive measures” did not apply to freezing of bank accounts by the police during investigation. A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court in Neeharika Infrastructure (P) Ltd. versus State of Maharashtra (2021) discussed the scope of the High Court’s powers to quash an investigation or pass interim orders staying an investigation. The Supreme Court held that the High Court is not justified in passing such orders either during the investigation or till the investigation is completed.

Source: The Hindu January 26, 2026 05:40 UTC