Usually, if you are the complainant in the FIR, the police may give you broad or general idea of the developments in the investigation; this may be without going into specifics.
However, if the police is refusing to divulge information to you about the progress in the investigation, even though you are the complainant in the case, then it may be due to the sensitive nature of the information. In such a situation, it may not be possible for you to get such information even through an RTI application.
Section 8(1)(h) of the Right to Information Act clearly lays down that there shall be no obligation to give to any citizen, “information which would impede the process of investigation or apprehension or prosecution of offenders”.
Therefore, information relating to developments in an investigation being conducted by police is protected under the RTI. Police may refuse to divulge such information to you even under the RTI application.
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