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That the Hon’ble Supreme Court and various High Courts have held that if the Final Report is contrary to the evidence on record or is based on a lack of proper investigation, the Magistrate is empowered to treat the Protest Petition as a Complaint and take cognizance under Section 190 CrPC. The Magistrate is not bound by the opinion of the Police.

A Protest Petition is typically filed under Section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) (now Section 193 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) or under Section 156(3) CrPC. It is used when the police have filed a "Final Report" (Closure Report) stating that no evidence was found, but the Complainant (Informant) believes the investigation was shoddy, biased, or incomplete. sample format of protest petition full