The High Court has ruled that if needed, police can conduct further investigation into a case even after the filing of charge sheet, which means further probe into the Narayanganj seven-murder is now possible.
The HC bench of Justices M Enayetur Rahim and Amir Hossain came up with the observation after disposing of a revision petition seeking further investigation into the seven-murder case.
This order ends speculation on legal points regarding the possibility of further investigation or interrogation of the accused.
Another observation of the court was that the investigating officer (IO) has the legal rights to hold further probe; he can also submit supplementary charge sheets to the trial court, if any new accused is found, in the interest of justice.
Investigators do not need directives from the court to conduct further such probes.
In the order, the HC also asked the trial court to include relevant sections of the penal code for trying the offences of criminal conspiracy leading to the seven murders.
Especially about the seven murders, the court observed that the IO has not included the role of the conspirators in the charge sheet under the relevant section.
On November 23, Selina Islam Beauty, wife of victim Nazrul Islam, filed the revision petition with the HC after the trial court had rejected her no-confidence plea against the submitted charge sheet.
Selina claimed that detectives had dropped five names from the charge sheet which she mentioned in the complaint. Names of others, whose involvement were found in investigation, were dropped too.
She also prayed for taking prime accused Nur Hossain on remand. Nur fled to India after the murders and was extradited recently.
