Chennai, Oct. 14 -- The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed as withdrawn, a petition seeking to transfer the investigation into the POCSO cases against Gem Granites owner R.Veeramani to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

An earlier plea filed by one Varahi was being heard by Mr Justice V.Lakshminarayanan who had already refused a similar prayer on September 30 saying the SIT formed by the Tamil Nadu government should be given breathing space to collect all the evidences in the case. The Judge also observed that the Tamil Nadu police did not have a crystal ball or a magic wand to get all the evidence at once, adding the SIT should be permitted to carry on with the probe.

The Judge again rejected the CBI probe demand, when the ...