https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456558 Section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure preserves the power of further investigation even after a police report has been filed, and that power is not exhausted by the Magistrate taking cognizance. A Magistrate may, in an appropriate case, direct the investigating officer to conduct further investigation and submit a further report where material witnesses remain unexamined or important documents have not been collected. The investigating agency is not functus officio merely because the charge-sheet has been filed. The Gujarat HC therefore held that the Magistrate was competent to order further investigation after cognizance, and the revision challenging that direction failed. en-us Wed, 14 Nov 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:46:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456558 Section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure preserves the power of further investigation even after a police report has been filed, and that power is not exhausted by the Magistrate taking cognizance. A Magistrate may, in an appropriate case, direct the investigating officer to conduct further investigation and submit a further report where material witnesses remain unexamined or important documents have not been collected. The investigating agency is not functus officio merely because the charge-sheet has been filed. The Gujarat HC therefore held that the Magistrate was competent to order further investigation after cognizance, and the revision challenging that direction failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 14 Nov 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456558