Section 127 · Paragraph 122. Presentation of charge sheet or final report to the court

(1) The investigation shall be completed as expeditiously as possible, and when completed, the investigating officer shall comply with sections 161, 171, and 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The report prescribed by section 173 shall be submitted by the officer in charge of the police station under that section, under the information of the Superintendent of Police, in the format of a charge sheet (Police Form No. 339) if the case is sent for trial, and in the format of a final report (Police Form No. 340) if the case is not sent for trial. The charge sheet and final diary shall be sent to the court through the Divisional Officer and the Public Prosecutor and shall be presented to the court within four weeks in summons and warrant cases and eight weeks in sessions cases from the date of the first information report. No Divisional Officer or Public Prosecutor should retain a charge sheet for more than one week, and the Public Prosecutor should present it in the court within the prescribed time limit. No extension beyond the prescribed time limit should be permitted except for very special reasons.
(2) As soon as possible, and in no case later than one month at the end of each quarter, the Superintendent of Police shall send to the District Magistrate, in the prescribed form and in duplicate, a quarterly list of cases in which charge sheets could not be presented within the prescribed time limit of 4/8 weeks. The District Magistrate shall forward it to the Deputy Inspector General of Police of the Range and endorse the second copy with his comments to the Commissioner of the Division. The Deputy Inspector General of Police of the Range shall then compile a list of delayed cases in the prescribed form and send it to the Inspector General of Police, who shall forward it with his comments to the Government in the Home Department (Police-A).
(3) In all cases, the final report shall be sent through the Superintendent of Police.
(4) The result of the investigation shall be communicated to the complainant, if any, by the officer-in-charge of the police station under Section 173 (1) (b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, at the time of submitting the charge sheet or final report, as the case may be, in Police Form No. 47.