Kerala High Court hands the CBI a 14-year-old case of a Tripura State Rifles jawan who vanished on his way back from leave

6 October 2026

Justice G Girish ordered the investigation transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation in Balan P K v State of Kerala, WP(C) 25341/2012, reported as 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 555.
Rifle Man Subash Chandra Bose P of the Third Battalion, Tripura State Rifles, went missing on 4 April 2012 while travelling by train from Kerala to Guwahati after his leave.
His father had seen him off at Ernakulam railway station; the jawan telephoned from Visakhapatnam saying he was unwell and never reached his posting.
The cases registered by the Railway Police Station, Ernakulam, and the Visakhapatnam Government Railway Police were handed to the CBI after 14 years without a result.
The court directed the police chiefs of Kerala and Andhra Pradesh to transmit all investigation records to the CBI officer assigned the case.
The judgment said the peaceful sleep of the civilian is at the cost of the sleepless nights, vigilance and sacrifice of the soldier, and that society owes a responsibility to stand by the soldier.