Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 746 · Decided 30 September 2024
K. Vadivel v. K. Shanthi & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 746 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 4058/2024
- Decided
- 30 September 2024
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 178(3), 311
Headnote
Under what circumstances could the power be invoked for further investigation and whether on the facts, further investigation was warranted. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 178(3) - Further investigation - Applications filed by the investigation or re-investigation by examining the related occurrence and eyewitnesses of the crime mentioned in the application and submit additional/supplementary charge-sheet - Dismissed by the trial court holding that further investigation cannot be ordered at the post cognizance stage
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