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The police register an FIR for Reema’s killing after her father blames the family’s employee. The same…

The original FIR concerns the same killing. The police should investigate the parents under that FIR and report the findings on completion under section 193. No new FIR is…

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The police register an FIR for Reema’s killing after her father blames the family’s employee. The same investigation produces evidence that Reema’s parents committed the killing. There is no separate incident or counter-complaint, and the police have yet to file their report. How should they proceed?

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The original FIR concerns the same killing. The police should investigate the parents under that FIR and report the findings on completion under section 193. No new FIR is needed just because the evidence points to different suspects.

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Option A

A change in suspect identity during investigation of the same killing does not justify a new FIR.

Option B

The police can investigate the actual suspects in the existing case. Section 193 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita governs the report on completion.

Option C

Parallel FIRs are unwarranted for the same incident on these facts.

Option D

The initial accusation does not bind the investigating police. Their report reflects the evidence gathered.

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