Please don't say any deeper than that because I don't think I have the energy to dig that deep! Interested to see input here. I've got a wood rat that is coming around looking for free handouts. I have wire 2 feet out from the coop, but this guy is hanging around in broad daylight and runs away as soon as I come out. I'm planning on getting a Rat Zapper from Amazon. Someone else I know here on BYC has used hers with good results. Good luck-hope you get some helpful answers.
Siri Stafford/Lifesize/Getty Images. Whether you should file a police report without pressing charges depends entirely on the circumstances of the event and jurisdiction. Some matters, deemed criminal, are automatically investigated by the police.
There is no time limit to the filing of chargesheet. Police is under no duty to intimate the complainant with regard to the progress of investigation except if ordered to do so by the court. The chargesheet never gets quashed in the first hearing. You are well aware of what influential people can do. They can bribe the police to give a favourable report but the complainant can question it in accordance with the law. If the accused applies to the court to quash the chargesheet the court would afford an opportunity to the complainant to show cause. National Commission has no role to play once the matter has gone to court.