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Letters Patent (Lahore) cl. 22-Transfer of investigation --High Court invested with power to transfer preliminary investiga tion of any criminal case from one police agency to another.                                                                                                              ORDER This is a petition, preferred by one Chuhar Khan, under clause 22 of the Letters Patent for the transfer of the investigation of a case registered under section 302 read with section 149 and section 148 of the Pakistan Penal Code at Ferozewala Police Station in Sheikhupura District against his sons Muhammad Yousaf and Abdul Sattar and some others, to the Crimes Branch at Lahore. 2. The facts leading to the instant petition are, that the Guard of L 834-Up found two dead-bodies lying on the Railway track near the outer signal of Kot Mool Chand Railway Station on the night between 28th and 29th March 1970. He informed Station Master Shahdara. On the basis of this information, Railway Police Post, Shahdara sent a ruqqa to the Officer Incharge of Ferozewala Police Station in District Sheikhupura. The ruqqa was received at the Police Station at about 5 a.m. and pursuant thereto Head Constable Muhammad Ashiq along with two Constables left for the place of occurrence. He found dead-bodies of two persons near the railway track near mile No. 3/13 on Lahore-Narowal section in the area of village Bharath. On examination he noticed, that although the dead-bodies had been run-over by the railway train, the deceased also had on their persons injuries with the sharp-edged weapons. In view of this, a case under section 302 was registered at Police Station Ferozewala at 7 a.m. on 29th March 1970. 3. The dead bodies were identified as those of Muhammad Ashraf and Manzur Ahmad. Their post-mortem examination revealed, that there were three sharp-edged weapon injuries on the neck of Muhammad Ashraf and four sharp-edged…