REPORTABLE 2024 INSC 363 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2024 (ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRL.) NO. 1074 OF 2017) SHARIF AHMED AND ANOTHER ..... APPELLANTS VERSUS STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER ..... RESPONDENTS W I T H CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2024 (ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRL.) NO. 9482 OF 2021) A N D CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2024 (ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRL.) NO. 5419 OF 2022) J U D G M E N T SANJIV KHANNA, J. Leave granted in the above matters. 2. The concerns which have arisen during the course of hearing the present appeals are of particular significance for meeting the ends of criminal justice, and relate to the nature of chargesheets filed in some jurisdictions by the state/police. For the sake of convenience, we would divide the judgment into two parts. The first part relates to the legal issue, that is, the contents of the chargesheet in terms of Section 173(2) of the Code of