Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 454 · Decided 2 April 2009
Rama Chaudhary v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 454 · [2009] 5 S.C.R. 482
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 619/2009
- Decided
- 2 April 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 173(8), 231
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: c ss. 173 and 231 - Further investigation - Permissibility of - Held: Further investigation is permissible, however, reinvestigation is prohibited - Carrying on further investigation even after filing of charge-sheet is statutory right of police - It can submit at any stage - No prior permission from Magistrate - is required for further investigation - On facts, order of trial court summoning the witnesses named in supplementary charge-sheet not illegal - Under s.231 prosecution entitled to produce any person as witness even though such person .. E
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