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On completion of investigation, the officer in charge of a police station shall forward the police…

Section 193(3) of the BNSS (formerly section 173(2) CrPC) requires the officer in charge to forward the completed investigation report, including through electronic…

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On completion of investigation, the officer in charge of a police station shall forward the police report under Section 193(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to

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Section 193(3) of the BNSS (formerly section 173(2) CrPC) requires the officer in charge to forward the completed investigation report, including through electronic communication, to a Magistrate empowered to take cognizance of the offence on a police report. The statutory test is that power, not merely being any Judicial Magistrate or necessarily being the Chief Judicial Magistrate.

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