https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309976 Police retain exclusive control over criminal investigation, and an external authority cannot direct the addition of offences to a report; at most, it may point out lapses or seek further inquiry. Where a supplementary charge sheet is shown to have been filed at the dictate of such an authority rather than on the police's independent judgment, the report may be examined for abuse of process and can be quashed in part under inherent powers to secure the ends of justice. The principle also recognises that partial quashing is permissible when only the externally induced portion of the supplementary report is tainted. en-us Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 11:04:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309976 Police retain exclusive control over criminal investigation, and an external authority cannot direct the addition of offences to a report; at most, it may point out lapses or seek further inquiry. Where a supplementary charge sheet is shown to have been filed at the dictate of such an authority rather than on the police's independent judgment, the report may be examined for abuse of process and can be quashed in part under inherent powers to secure the ends of justice. The principle also recognises that partial quashing is permissible when only the externally induced portion of the supplementary report is tainted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309976