https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169751 Acceptance of a police final report does not create an absolute bar to a later complaint or protest petition on the same facts. A second complaint may be entertained only in exceptional circumstances, such as manifest error, miscarriage of justice, misunderstanding of the earlier complaint, an incomplete record, or genuinely new facts not previously available. The Magistrate must independently apply Section 204 CrPC and determine whether sufficient ground exists to proceed. The Court held that the later complaint was not barred in law and remitted the matter for fresh consideration of cognizance. en-us Wed, 04 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 02 May 2015 15:11:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169751 Acceptance of a police final report does not create an absolute bar to a later complaint or protest petition on the same facts. A second complaint may be entertained only in exceptional circumstances, such as manifest error, miscarriage of justice, misunderstanding of the earlier complaint, an incomplete record, or genuinely new facts not previously available. The Magistrate must independently apply Section 204 CrPC and determine whether sufficient ground exists to proceed. The Court held that the later complaint was not barred in law and remitted the matter for fresh consideration of cognizance. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 04 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169751