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5. This case was being heard under Chapter XVIII
which divides committal cases into two classes (a)
those commenced on a police report and (b) other
cases. The first kind is tried under the procedure
laid down in s. 207A. With that procedure we are
not concerned. The other cases are tried under the
procedure as laid down in the other provisions of
Chapter XVIII. Section 208 of this Chapter
provides that in any proceeding instituted
otherwise than on police report the Magistrate
shall "when the accused appears or is brought
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before him, proceed to hear the complainant (if
any) and take in manner hereinafter provided all
such evidence as may be produced in support of
the prosecution or on behalf of the accused, or as
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