All that you need to know about, Chargesheet

After a cognizable complaint is made in the form of an FIR, to a police officer, he is duty-bound to look into the matter and later submit a final complaint to the magistrate. This final complaint is in the form of chargesheet. A chargesheet is only for the offense which is criminal in nature and is a wrong against the state. A chargesheet format generally contains in numeric order of twenty-one rows of specific information, which is required u/s 173 Cr.P.C.

1. A chargesheet contains the details of the investigation team, who’s office holds the jurisdiction of investigating the cognizable information, along with F.I.R. records number.
2. Secondly, it would contain the charge sheet number, and thirdly the date of filing the final or in cases filing a connected chargesheet to a previous matter.
3. Fourth, it would contain the sections under which the accused was booked and arrested.
4. Fifth would be the type of final which would be being submitted by the officer in accordance with any law, which required him to do so. Sixth contains the signature, with the date of whoever approved of that chargesheet. Seventh contains the details if the chargesheet is original or supplementary. Eight contains the name of the investigating officer.
5. Nine, a chargesheet would include details about the of the complainant.
6. Ten, a chargesheet would have the details all the evidence gathered during the investigation, eleven has the details of the accused, which would include name, and other basic details of the identification of the person who has been booked under the chargesheet. Twelve would contain details of accused who were not mentioned in the FIR or the chargesheet, but were arrested while investigating the actual accused.
7. Thirteen, a chargesheet contains particulars of examined witnesses, the list of documents supporting the chargesheet and list of articles gathered as evidence.
8. Fourteen contains the action taken, in case the information supplied for the FIR was false.
9. Fifteen contains the forensic laboratory test results which support the chargesheet.
10. Sixteen and seventeen contain the brief of the case, along with investigation details and the conclusion of the investigation respectively. 
11. Eighteen states the charges in detail. 
12. Nineteen has the record of the date when the final chargesheet was signed, 
13. Twenty has details about the number of enclosure and twenty-one in about the list of enclosures.