Landmark case · Moot Courts, Observation of Trial, Pre-trial Preparations and Internship · Semester 6

Hussainara Khatoon v. State of Bihar

(1980) 1 SCC 81 · Supreme Court of India

Investigation and charge-sheet delay that leaves the accused in jail is a constitutional wrong.

From topic

First information, investigation and the magistrate's control — Unit IV, Moot Courts, Observation of Trial, Pre-trial Preparations and Internship.

Related sections:

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 173 — Information in cognizable cases (compare CrPC 154)
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 176 — Police officer's power to investigate (compare CrPC 156)
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 193 — Report of police officer on completion of investigation (compare CrPC 173)