Supreme Court of India

Zunaid v. State of Up. & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 11 S.C.R. 715
Bench Bela M. Trivedi and Dipankar Datta JJ.
Decided 29 August 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, there remains no shadow of doubt that on the receipt of the police report under Section 173 Cr.P.C., the Magistrate can exercise three options.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: CJM rejected the fi nal report submitted by the investigating offi cer and accepted the Protest Petition as the Complaint Case, whether the course opted by the CJM was just, legal and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – The Investigating Offi cer, after completing the investigation, submitted the Final Report – Appellant- complainant fi led a Protest Petition – The concerned CJM vide order dated 15.11.2018 rejected the Final Report of the Investigating Offi cer and directed that the Protest Petition be registered as the

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