Supreme Court of India
Narayan Rao v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
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Sessions Trial-Proceeding on Police Report-Omission· of Police Officer to furnish necessary copies to the accused-Duty of inquiring Magistrate-Validity of proceeding and trial-Code of Criminal Procedure -(Act V of 1898), as amended by the amending Act of 1955 (26 of 1955), SS. 173(4), 207A(3), 537. The word 'shall' occurring in sub-s. ( 4) of s. 173 and sub-s. (3) of s. 2Q7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not mandatory but directory and a non-compliance with the provisions of those sub sections, unless it can be shown to have prejudiced the accused person in his defence, cannot
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