involves the interpretation of Sections 173(5) and 207 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 ( CrPC ), Sections ... investigation. The relevant provisions are Section 173(5)(a) and Section 207 CrPC, which read thus:
173. Report of police officer on completion
present petition under Section 482 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‗ Cr.P.C .') read
with Article ... terms of the
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second proviso to Section 207(v)
Petitioner No.1 herein filed an application under section 207
Criminal Procedure Code for supply of certain deficient documents inter alia
including the copy ... Court on 14.03.2019 in Writ Petition (Crl.)
No. 3559/2018 made it clear that proceedings under Section 207 Cr.P.C. will
continue pursuant
Code Section 207
provided for different procedures in cases originating from
police reports and otherwise, by the committing Magistrate.
Section 207 read thus :
"207 ... Code has now become Section 207
of the new Code, both reproduced above,
whereas Section 207(A) has in effect become Section 238
ACCUSED/PETITIONER HEREIN U/S 207 CODE OF
CRIMINAL PROCEUDRE, AND CONSEQUENTLY ALLOW
THE SAID APPLICATION
THIS CRL.P COMING ON FOR ADMISSION ALONG
WITH ... Apex Court has held that,-
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" Criminal Procedure Code , 1973-
Ss.207/238 - Compliance with S.207 -
Necessity of - For ensuring fair trial
Court of Sessions once. There is no provision in the
Criminal Procedure Code to commit the case again and again to the Court of
Sessions ... submits that there is no such provision in the Criminal Procedure Code to
invoke Section 207 after the case has been committed once and then
upon it against the accused, in
terms of Section 207 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for
short, ‘the 1973 Code’)? The next question ... this
case is not a document as contemplated under section
307 IPC [sic 207 Cr.P.C .]. In fact, it is in the nature
means of the present petition under section 482 Code of Criminal Procedure (for short Cr.P.C .), the petitioners have prayed for quashing ... document.
Word "Document" has not been defined under Code of Criminal Procedure . The definition of 'document' is given in Indian Evidence
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2022
[Arising out of SLP(CRIMINAL) NO. 9288 OF 2022]
P. PONNUSAMY …APPELLANT
VERSUS ... trial court and copies were
furnished to the accused under Section 207 Cr.P.C.
The same have got translated as legal evidence
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during
VIDE ANNX-F AND CONSEQUENTLY APPRECIATE
THE APPLICATION FILED UNDER SECTION 207 OF Cr.P.C . SAME AT
ANNX-D, BY THE PETITIONER HEREIN.
THIS ... either personally or through pleader in
Court."
(Emphasis supplied)
Section 207 of Cr.P.C. deals with supply of copies of police
report
