CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has observed that in the event of a complaint case and a police investigation of the same offence, the magistrate concerned shall inquire into or try together the complaint case and the case arising out of a police report.
The HC said that in such a situation, an FIR is certainly maintainable, but for taking cognizance, the report under Section 173 of CrPC should be accompanied by the complaint of an appropriate authority.