https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198341 After filing of the charge-sheet, the prosecution may be permitted to place additional documents gathered during investigation on record with the Court's permission. Section 173(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was treated as directory in this context because it contains no express prohibition on later production and must be read with Section 173(8), which preserves the power of further investigation after submission of the report. Omitted material, whether left out inadvertently or obtained later, may therefore be produced without causing prejudice to the accused at the preliminary stage. The order refusing leave to file the documents was unsustainable, and the prosecution's application was allowed. en-us Wed, 03 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:23:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198341 After filing of the charge-sheet, the prosecution may be permitted to place additional documents gathered during investigation on record with the Court's permission. Section 173(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was treated as directory in this context because it contains no express prohibition on later production and must be read with Section 173(8), which preserves the power of further investigation after submission of the report. Omitted material, whether left out inadvertently or obtained later, may therefore be produced without causing prejudice to the accused at the preliminary stage. The order refusing leave to file the documents was unsustainable, and the prosecution's application was allowed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 03 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198341