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CBI strongly feels that provisions of Section 173 of the CrPC should not be tampered with&#8230;CBI is strongly against the extension of police powers to persons who are not members of a police force,&#8221;<\/strong> <\/span>the agency has told the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Rajya Sabha Select Committee<\/strong><\/span> examining the Lokpal Bill.<\/p>\n<p>CBI said extension of police powers to non-police personnel will be against the established jurisprudence on the subject which provides the powers for taking final decision after conclusion of investigation to the investigation agency.<\/p>\n<p>It also said the move would amount to &#8220;interference&#8221; in investigation and noted that even the courts do not interfere in the process of investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The agency, however, said with a proposed <span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>amendment in clause 20 (6)<\/strong><\/span> by the government, the police powers of the investigating agency to decide on the outcome of the probe and file police report before a court will be restored.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>&#8220;However, the subsequent sub clauses (7) and (8) of clause 20 have not been deleted\/suitably amended accordingly, which will create an anomalous situation of two report being filed in the court,&#8221;<\/em><\/span> it told the Committee recently.<\/p>\n<p>CBI said sub clauses of clause 23 has not been amended to reflect the proposed amendment to clause 20 (6) &#8220;which, if not amended, would render the police report of the investigating agency redundant.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extension of police powers to persons who are not members of police force under the Lokpal Bill was vehemently\u00a0 opposed by CBI on the ground of established principles of jurisprudence. 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