Supreme Court of India

Kari Choudhary v. Most. Sita Devi and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 588

Bench K.T. Thomas and S.N. Phukan JJ.

Decided 11 December 2001

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From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : Sections 154, 173(2) and (8). ·Penal Code, 1860: Sections 18, 211, 302/34. First Information Report-Lodging of two different FJRs-Permissibility of-FIR lodged by mother-in-law-Report that daughter-in-law killed by some persons-lnvestigation-Police finding that version furnished by mother-in /aw was false-Report sent by police to Magistrate--Registration of another FIR. against mother-in-law-Validity of-Held, lnvestigating Agency is not precluded from further investigation in respect of an offence in spite of sending a report under Section 173(2) Ct.P. .

Where later benches applied it

2023 State through Central Bureau of Investigation v. Hemendhra Reddy & Another. Etc. relied on
2020 Arnab Ranjan Goswami v. Union of India and Ors. relied on
2025 State of Rajasthan v. Surendra Singh Rathore referred to
2021 Madhav v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2013 Surender Kaushik and Others v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Others referred to
2013 Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah v. The Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr. distinguished

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 3 referred to

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