https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180171 When a police closure report states that no offence appears to have been committed, the Magistrate must give notice to the first informant and hear him before accepting the report and dropping the proceeding. The statutory scheme recognises the informant's continuing interest in the progress and result of the investigation, so denial of hearing at that stage is not permissible. By contrast, an injured person or a relative of the deceased who is not the informant has no right as of course to notice. Such person may be heard if he appears, and the Magistrate may issue notice in discretion, but absence of notice does not invalidate the order. en-us Thu, 25 Apr 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:03:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180171 When a police closure report states that no offence appears to have been committed, the Magistrate must give notice to the first informant and hear him before accepting the report and dropping the proceeding. The statutory scheme recognises the informant's continuing interest in the progress and result of the investigation, so denial of hearing at that stage is not permissible. By contrast, an injured person or a relative of the deceased who is not the informant has no right as of course to notice. Such person may be heard if he appears, and the Magistrate may issue notice in discretion, but absence of notice does not invalidate the order. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 25 Apr 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180171