https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198256 A court receiving a police report under Section 173(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure may accept it, disagree with it and take cognizance under Section 190(1)(b), or direct further investigation under Section 173(8) where the ends of justice require additional inquiry. That power is not displaced merely because a final report has already been filed. However, the court cannot direct that further investigation be conducted by a particular police officer or by an officer of a specified rank, because selection of the investigating officer remains with the investigating agency. The result was that the direction for further investigation stood, but the rank-specific limitation was impermissible. en-us Fri, 17 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Jan 2018 17:53:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198256 A court receiving a police report under Section 173(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure may accept it, disagree with it and take cognizance under Section 190(1)(b), or direct further investigation under Section 173(8) where the ends of justice require additional inquiry. That power is not displaced merely because a final report has already been filed. However, the court cannot direct that further investigation be conducted by a particular police officer or by an officer of a specified rank, because selection of the investigating officer remains with the investigating agency. The result was that the direction for further investigation stood, but the rank-specific limitation was impermissible. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 17 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198256