In Brief
In this criminal appeal, the Supreme Court considered whether an FIR alleging offences of robbery and dacoity under Sections 392, 395 and 397 IPC should be quashed merely because the Investigating Officer had not completed the investigation. The Court held that an FIR disclosing prima facie allegations of serious cognizable offences should not be quashed at the interlocutory stage under Section 482 CrPC. The investigation should be permitted to proceed to its logical conclusion. Accordingly, the appeal was allowed and the order quashing the FIR was set aside.
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