Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973:
ss. 437(5) and 439(2) – Arrest of accused who was on bail –
After addition of further cognizable and non-bailable offence –
Whether permissible without seeking cancellation of the bail earlier
granted – Held: The court in exercise of power u/ss. 437(5) and
439(2) can direct arrest of accused who was already on bail, after
addition of graver and non-cognizable offences, even without
cancelling earlier bail – It is not open to the investigating authority
to proceed to arrest without the permission of the Court, on addition
of further offences – In the present case, the investigating agency
had approached the Court seeking arrest of the accused after
addition of further offences – There was no error in the procedure
adopted by Special Judge in remanding the accused to judicial
custody.
s. 167 and 309(2) – Remand of accused to judicial custody –
In a case where cognizance has already been taken by the Chief
Judicial Magistrate – Whether has to be in exercise of power u/s.
167 or u/s. 309(2) – Held: Accused can be remanded u/s. 167(2)
during investigation till cognizance is taken by the Court – After
cognizance has been taken and the accused was in custody at the
time of taking cognizance or when inquiry or trial was being held
in respect of him, he can be remanded to judicial custody only u/s.
309(2) – Thus, in the present case, accused could have been
remanded only u/s. 309(2)– However, the remand order in the present
case, does not mention the provision under which remand was
granted – Therefore, the remand order has to be treated as order
passed in exercise of power u/s. 309(2). FIR:
Re-registration of FIR – After addition of offences under
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, to the FIR – Whether barred
being a second FIR – Held: Second FIR with regard to the same
offences is barred – But, in the facts of the present case, reregistration of the FIR cannot be called second FIR – It was, in
fact, re-registration of FIR to give effect to the provisions of National
Investigation Agency Act – Therefore, re-registration of FIR was
not barred.
Investigation:
Further investigation – By National Investigation Agency
(NIA) – On addition of further offences under Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act, 1967 in the FIR – After investigation in the previous
FIR was over – Permissibility – Held: Investigation by NIA was
permissible as offences under 1967 Act were not added when charges
were framed in the previous FIR – Even u/s. 173(2) of Cr.P.C., it is
open to the police authorities to conduct further investigation and
submit a report u/s. 173(8) – There was no lack of jurisdiction in
NIA to carry on further investigation and submit a supplementary
report in the facts of the present case – Criminal Procedure Code,
1973 – s. 173(2) and (8).