Magistrate Can’t Direct Further Investigation On Defacto Complainant’s Plea: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

The Orissa High Court in Nandita Sethi vs. State of Orissa, has held that a magistrate cannot direct further investigation of the case at the instance of a de facto complainant after taking cognizance of offences on the basis of charge sheet submitted by police.A magistrate, on a petition filed by the defacto complainant, had ordered further investigation of the case under Section 173(8) of...