Whether Magistrate can grant B Summary report without giving notice and hearing informant?

[Educator]

The impugned order does not show that, any notice was given to the informant before accepting the proposal by the investigating officer. It has been held in Bhagwant Singh's case (Supra) as under;"In a case where the Magistrate to whom a report is forwarded under sub-sec. (2) of S. 173 decides not to take cognizance of the offence and to drop the proceeding or takes the view that there is no