Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173 -- A person accused in FIR but removed from list of accused during course of investigation - Police to issue notice to defacto complainant or their legal heirs whenever a person named as an accused in FIR is removed from the list of accused during course of an investigation...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173(8) -- Further investigation - A person accused in FIR but removed from list of accused during course of investigation - During course of trial, appellant being a witness, will certainly have an opportunity to adduce evidence regarding all the persons who according to her participated in commission of offence - If such evidence is..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173(8), 173(2) -- Further investigation/re-investigation - Cannot be ordered merely on account of fact that complainant has stated that he is not satisfied with investigation conducted...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173(8), 173(2) -- Further investigation/re-investigation - Once a cancellation report is submitted, Magistrate can reject the same by giving reasons or refer the matter for further investigation - He also has option of taking cognizance of offence himself - However, question of rejecting cancellation report and sending same back for..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173 -- Investigation - Completion of investigation without unnecessary delay is the mandate of law - It is obligatory on the part of Investigating Officer to conclude the investigation, as early as possible, and to file final report, closure report or charge sheet without any delay...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173 -- Final report - Filing of a final report is not optional, but a mandatory statutory obligation...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173 -- Final report - Once an FIR is registered and investigation is completed, police are legally bound to file a final report whether recommending prosecution or closure before jurisdictional Magistrate or Special Court...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173 -- Final report - FIR registered as early as 2018 was closed internally in 2022 without any intimation to complainant or submission of final report to Court for nearly three years - Inaction on the part of officer who closed complaint, as well as indifference of subsequent officers who failed to verify and rectify lapse,..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173(8) -- Reinvestigation - S.173(8) Cr.P.C operates only after the final report is produced before the court - From the stage of registration of FIR up to the stage of filing of final report before the court, it is the domain of the Investigation Agency to investigate a matter in accordance with law without any judicial interference...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173(5) -- Additional documents - If there is an omission on part of prosecution in forwarding the relied upon documents to Magistrate, even after chargesheet is submitted, prosecution can be permitted to produce additional documents which were gathered prior to or subsequent to investigation...........
