final report

Cr.P.C

Magistrate has no power to direct the investigating authority to file additional charge sheet

Cr.P.C

Protest petition: Even in a case where the final report of the police under section 173 crpc is accepted and the accused persons are discharged the magistrate has the power to take cognizance of the offence on a complaint or a protest petition on the same or similar allegations

Class

Section 173(2) Cr.P.C: Investigation agency has no obligation to file the charge sheet/reports in the language of the court

General

Protest petition & cognizance: Cognizance taken on the further investigation petition filed under section 173(8) Cr.P.C as protest petition is correct

Cr.P.C

Section173(2) Cr.P.C: Police has no option but to include non-cognizable offence in the charge sheet

Cr.P.C

Section167 Cr.P.C: An oral application for grant of default bail would suffice

Class

Final report: Closure report and Further investigation: Entire settled propositions discussed