WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION?

> Preliminary investigation is merely inquisitorial and it is often the only   means   of   discovering   whether   the   offense   has   been committed and the persons responsible for it to enable the fiscal
to prepare his complaint or information

> It  is  not  a  trial  on  the  merits  and  has  no  purpose  BUT  to determine  whether  there  is  probable  cause  to  believe  that  an offense  has  been  committed  and  that  the  accused  is  probably
guilty of it

> It doesn't place the accused in double jeopardy