Supreme Court of India

Lalita Kumari v. Government of U.P. & Others

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Reported as [2012] 1 S.C.R. 1066
Bench Dalveer Bhandari, T.S. Thakur and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 27 February 2012

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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: s. 154 - Information in cognizable cases - Officer in charge of police station concerned - Obligation of, to register the FIR - The issue: whether u/s 154 Cr.P. ., a police officer is bound to register an FIR when a cognizable offence is made 0 out or he (police officer) has an option, discretion or latitude of conducting some kind of preliminary enquiry before registering the FIR - Referred to Constitution Bench. Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 68 of 2008 was filed praying for a writ in the nature of habeas corpus to produce a girl aged about six years who had been

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