https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313074 A police report under Section 173(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure must be forwarded only after investigation is complete, and further investigation under Section 173(8) can follow only after such a complete report has been filed. Where the record itself shows that material evidence is still to be collected and the charge-sheet is admittedly incomplete, it cannot support cognizance. The Magistrate may assess the sufficiency of material placed before him, but that does not cure an incomplete report on its face. Cognizance founded on the incomplete charge-sheet was therefore invalid, and the cognizance order was quashed. en-us Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:50:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313074 A police report under Section 173(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure must be forwarded only after investigation is complete, and further investigation under Section 173(8) can follow only after such a complete report has been filed. Where the record itself shows that material evidence is still to be collected and the charge-sheet is admittedly incomplete, it cannot support cognizance. The Magistrate may assess the sufficiency of material placed before him, but that does not cure an incomplete report on its face. Cognizance founded on the incomplete charge-sheet was therefore invalid, and the cognizance order was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313074