Supreme Court of India

Uma Shankar Singh v. State of Bihar and Anr.

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Reported as [2010] 10 S.C.R. 1132
Bench Altamas Kabir and A.K. Patnaik JJ.
Decided 9 September 2010

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 19'0(1 )(b) - Cognizance of offence by magistrate - Held: Magistrate can c apply his mind independently and take cognizance of offence in exercise of his powers u/s.190(1)(b) even if the report of investigating agency in final form exonerates the accused - Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302, 291134 -Arms Act, 1959 - s.27. During election process, an offence took place and an FIR came to be lodged under Sections 302, 291/34 IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act. The matter created a lot of turmoil which resulted in transfer of the investigation to the .l. . The

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