Section 173 CrPC requires the officer in charge of a police station, on completion of investigation, to forward to the Magistrate empowered to take cognizance:
Aonly an oral summary of the police investigation findings to the magistrate concerned
Bonly the FIR copy and the dying declaration, without other case papers attached
Ca final report in the prescribed form (popularly called the 'charge-sheet' or 'final report')
Donly the witness statements recorded under Section 161, without any final analysis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. a final report in the prescribed form (popularly called the 'charge-sheet' or 'final report')
1. Section 173(2) CrPC requires the investigating officer, on completion of investigation, to forward a report in the form prescribed by the State Government to a Magistrate empowered to take cognizance of the offence.
2. The report (commonly called the 'charge-sheet' or 'final report') contains: (i) names of parties; (ii) the nature of information; (iii) the names of witnesses; (iv) whether an offence is committed and by whom; (v) whether the accused has been arrested; (vi) whether forwarded in custody; (vii) medical examination of victim where applicable.
3. Section 173(8) permits further investigation even after submission of the report.
4. The Magistrate may take cognizance under Section 190(1)(b) on the basis of the report.
5. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — CrPC, Section 173_
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