Written complaints must disclose the offence on their face; annexures cannot cure vagueness or sustain process.

Annexed documents do not form part of a written complaint for disclosing an alleged offence under the Code of Criminal Procedure; the complaint itself must contain the factual particulars needed to make out the charge. Supporting papers may corroborate allegations, but they cannot cure a vague complaint. Where the complaint fails to specify the material arrangements, instructions, training, or supervision allegedly omitted, the defect is not removed by annexures or by the Magistrate's examination under section 200. On that basis, a complaint lacking necessary particulars cannot sustain issuance of process.

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Issues: Whether documents annexed to a written complaint form part of the complaint for the purpose of disclosing the alleged offence, and whether a complaint that lacks necessary particulars can sustain issuance of process.

Analysis: The Code of Criminal Procedure draws a clear distinction between a police report and a complaint under section 2(d). A police report carries with it the materials gathered in investigation and is subject to statutory supply of documents, whereas a complaint is only the allegation made to a Magistrate and the Code does not treat annexures as part of the complaint itself. A written complaint must, by itself, contain the factual particulars necessary to disclose the offence alleged; documents filed along with it may support the accusation, but cannot cure a complaint that is otherwise vague. The complaint in question did not specify the particular arrangements, instructions, training, or supervision said to be missing, and the defect could not be removed by reference to annexed documents or by the Magistrate's examination under section 200.

Conclusion: The annexed documents did not constitute part of the complaint, and the complaint was too vague to disclose the alleged offence. The process issued on such a complaint could not be sustained.

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