https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313131 An incomplete challan does not amount to a police report under section 173(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, because it shows that investigation is still continuing. A Magistrate cannot take cognizance under section 190(1)(d) until a valid police report is filed, and section 173(8) cannot be used to avoid the mandatory requirement of completing the investigation under section 173(2). Where investigation is not completed within the prescribed sixty-day period, the proviso to section 167(2) creates a statutory right to bail, and that right is not defeated by forwarding an incomplete challan. The accused were therefore entitled to release on bail. en-us Thu, 24 Mar 1977 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 18:04:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313131 An incomplete challan does not amount to a police report under section 173(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, because it shows that investigation is still continuing. A Magistrate cannot take cognizance under section 190(1)(d) until a valid police report is filed, and section 173(8) cannot be used to avoid the mandatory requirement of completing the investigation under section 173(2). Where investigation is not completed within the prescribed sixty-day period, the proviso to section 167(2) creates a statutory right to bail, and that right is not defeated by forwarding an incomplete challan. The accused were therefore entitled to release on bail. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 24 Mar 1977 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313131