Section 10: Preliminary investigation report to be forwarded

1) The investigating authority or police employee designated to investigate into any of the offences set forth in Schedule-1 or Schedule-2 shall conduct preliminary investigation immediately after a first information report or information as to the commission of such offence has been registered pursuant to Section 4.

2) Such investigating authority or police employee shall, after the commencement of the preliminary investigation pursuant to sub-section (1), forward a report thereof to the district government attorney office within three days.

Explanation: For the purposes of this Chapter, the term “preliminary investigation” means the description of the scene of offence, deed on the scene of crime, search or seizure deed or deed of examination of corpse in the case of homicide, and, in the case of other offence, report, deed or other necessary description required to be prepared depending on the nature of such offence.

3) The government attorney may, upon receipt of a preliminary report pursuant to sub-section (1), give necessary instruction, accompanied by the reasons, to the investigating authority if the attorney thinks, on studying the report, that it is expedient to give such instruction to conduct further investigation into any matter in connection with the offence.

4) It shall be the duty of the concerned investigating authority to comply with the instruction given pursuant to sub section (3).