Supreme Court of India

Luckose Zachariah @ Zak Nedumchira Luke and Others v. Joseph Joseph and Others

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Reported as [2022] 2 S.C.R. 917
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant JJ.
Decided 18 February 2022

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.173(2), 173(8), 173(3), 173(6) – Initial Report and Supplementary Report – Duty of Magistrate – As per the law laid down in Vinay Tyagi v Irshad Ali whenever a supplementary police report is filed afte r the original police report, the Magistrate has to consider both the reports conjointly and should not place reliance only upon the supplementary police report – Both the reports have to be ass essed conjointly so as to find out whether there existed grounds to presume that the accused has committed the offence. Disposing of the appeal, the Court HELD: The

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