Magistrate Can Take Cognizance Of Protest Petition After Rejecting Police Final Report : Supreme Court
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final report of the police under Section 173 is accepted and the accused persons are discharged Magistrate has the power to take cognizance of the offence on a complaint or a Protest Petition on the same or similar allegations even after the acceptance of the final report. Further, a Magistrate is n
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- final report of the police under Section 173 is accepted and the accused persons are discharged
- Magistrate has the power to take cognizance of the offence on a complaint or a Protest Petition on the same or similar allegations even after the acceptance of the final report.
- Further, a Magistrate is not debarred from taking cognizance of a complaint merely on the ground that earlier he had declined to take cognizance of the police report, the court said.
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