Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 536 · Decided 16 April 2019
Bikash Ranjan Rout v. State Through the Secretary (Home) Government of NCT of Delhi, New Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 536 · [2019] 6 S.C.R. 82
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 687/2019
- Decided
- 16 April 2019
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 173(8), 167(2), 227, 228, 173(2)(i), 319, 173
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss. 173(8), 167(2), 227 and 228 - Powers of the Magistrate - Options available to the magistrate at the time when report/challan/charge-sheet is filed by investigating officer before him - On while discharging the accused, also passed an order for further investigation and directed the investigating officer to further investigate in the matter and submit the report - Permissibility of - Held: Magistrate cannot suo moto direct for further investigation u/ s. 173(8) or
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