Wherever a final report forwarded by the Investigating Officer to a Magistrate under Section 173(2)(i) of the CrPC is placed before him, several situations may arise. The report may conclude that an offence appears to have been committed by a particular person and persons, and in such a case the Magistrate may either:
(1) accept the report and take cognizance of offence and issue process,
(2) may disagree with the report and drop the proceeding or may take cognizance on the basis of report/material submitted by the investigation officer,
(3) may direct further investigation under Section 156(3) and require police to make a report as per Section 173(8) of the CrPC.
4) may treat the protest complaint as a complaint, and proceed under Sections 200 and 202 of the CrPC.