Rambhau Fakira Patil and Anr. v. the State of Mah and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
On appeal regarding the registration of an offence under section 326 IPC versus section 307 IPC, the court held that the final decision on the nature of the offence lies with the investigating agency when filing the report under section 173 CrPC. No opinion was expressed on the correctness of the register.
What did the court decide?
The criminal writ petition was disposed of with the observation that the investigation agency would decide the offence during the report under Section 173 CrPC.