https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182636 For cognizance of an offence under the Essential Commodities Act on a police report, the magistrate is not confined to the bare report alone. The report may be read with the accompanying documents and witness statements forwarded under Section 173(5) of the Code, and that combined material can be considered to see whether it discloses the offence and satisfies Section 11 of the Act. A police report need only contain sufficient particulars to show the contravention and provide a basis for cognizance under Section 190(1)(b). On the stated facts, the report and connected materials disclosed the offence and met the statutory requirement. en-us Mon, 17 Sep 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 16 May 2016 15:41:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182636 For cognizance of an offence under the Essential Commodities Act on a police report, the magistrate is not confined to the bare report alone. The report may be read with the accompanying documents and witness statements forwarded under Section 173(5) of the Code, and that combined material can be considered to see whether it discloses the offence and satisfies Section 11 of the Act. A police report need only contain sufficient particulars to show the contravention and provide a basis for cognizance under Section 190(1)(b). On the stated facts, the report and connected materials disclosed the offence and met the statutory requirement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 17 Sep 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182636