Supreme Court of India

Srinivas Gundluri & Ors. v. M/s. Sepco Electric Power Construction Corporation & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 9 S.C.R. 278
Bench P. Sathasivam and Anil R. Dave JJ.
Decided 30 July 2010

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5 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the Magistrate has not committed any illegality in directing the police for investigation.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 156(3) - Police officer's power to investigate cognizable case - Criminal complaint against appellants u/ss. 405, 406, 418, 420, 427, 503, 504, 506134 and 1208 of /PC before Magistrate -:­ Magistrate uls. 156(3) directing police officer to register FIR, conduct investigation and submit charge sheet thereafter - Legality of- Held: To proceed u/s. 156 (3), a bare reading of complaint is required and if it discloses a cognizable offence, then Magistrate instead of applying his mind to the complaint for deciding whether or not there is sufficient ground for

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 2 mentioned

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