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Bikash Ranjan Rout v. State through the Secretary (home) Government of Nct of Delhi, New Delhi

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Bench L. Nageswara Rao and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 16 April 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeal succeeds.

Judgment, page 15

From the 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 facts, the magistrate 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 direct the re-investigation into a case at the post- cognizance stage…

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