(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.
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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 subsection
(3).