https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193584 A Magistrate must first examine the police report and any further report from further investigation and apply judicial mind before cognizance is taken. Where the initial report and the further report differ, both reports and any objections must be considered together. The inherent power to prevent abuse of process cannot be used to bypass this statutory stage while the matter remains before the Magistrate. On that basis, quashing criminal proceedings at that stage was held unjustified. en-us Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:36:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193584 A Magistrate must first examine the police report and any further report from further investigation and apply judicial mind before cognizance is taken. Where the initial report and the further report differ, both reports and any objections must be considered together. The inherent power to prevent abuse of process cannot be used to bypass this statutory stage while the matter remains before the Magistrate. On that basis, quashing criminal proceedings at that stage was held unjustified. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193584