Supreme Court of India

Jaswant & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2009] 8 S.C.R. 701
Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 13 May 2009

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons mentioned hereinbefore, therefore, is liable to be set aside.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.193 - Cognizance of offence by Court of Sessions - Order taking cognizance against accused named· in FIR - Said accused absconding and investigation pending against them - Sustainability of - Held: Unless investigation is completed or evidences are brought on record, Court of Sessions cannot exercise jurisdiction either u/s. 193 ors. 319 - Investigation against accused was pending and was not completed - As \ , such police report could not be said to have been filed - It has proceeded on the basis that no charge sheet was filed against accused - Thus,

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