Chapter XII (Sections 154 to 176) deals with Police Investigation in all its aspects from the moment when the information about the commission of an offence is received at the Station-house to the stage when the police complete the investigation and send a final report (charge-sheet) to the Magistrate. The hall-mark of an investigation under the CrPC is the “Police Report” under Section 173. The meaning of investigation has been explained under Section 2(h). As per this “Investigation” includes all the proceedings under this Code for the collection of evidence conducted by a Police Officer or by any person (other than a Magistrate) who is authorized by a Magistrate in this behalf. The definition is, however, not exhaustive, as the word ‘include’ indicates. In order to come under this definition, the following conditions must be satisfied:
(i) it must be a proceeding under this Code;
(ii) the purpose of the proceeding must be the collection of evidence; and
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