https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309904 An incomplete or piecemeal charge sheet filed before completion of investigation into all offences in the FIR does not amount to a complete final report for the purpose of default bail under section 167(2) CrPC. The Court distinguished further investigation under section 173(8) from an incomplete investigation and held that further investigation is permissible only after a complete charge sheet has been filed. Because the filing covered only part of the allegations and left substantial issues pending, it could not be used to defeat the accused's indefeasible right to statutory bail linked to personal liberty under Article 21. en-us Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 21:27:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309904 An incomplete or piecemeal charge sheet filed before completion of investigation into all offences in the FIR does not amount to a complete final report for the purpose of default bail under section 167(2) CrPC. The Court distinguished further investigation under section 173(8) from an incomplete investigation and held that further investigation is permissible only after a complete charge sheet has been filed. Because the filing covered only part of the allegations and left substantial issues pending, it could not be used to defeat the accused's indefeasible right to statutory bail linked to personal liberty under Article 21. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309904