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Ramdev Food Products Private Limited v. State of Gujarat

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Reported as [2015] 5 S.C.R. 283
Bench T. S. Thakur, Adarsh Kumar Goel and B R. Banumathi JJ.
Decided 16 March 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the maxim does not apply for interpretation of Section 202 (3) for the reasons that follow.

Judgment, page 27

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.156(3) and 202(1) - Investigation under- Scope of - Complaint before Magistrate alleging forgery and seeking investigation u!s. 156(3) - The Magistrate instead directed the police to give report u/s. 202(1) - High Court declined to interfere with the order- Held: The parameters for exercise of power under both the provisions are different - Direction under 156(3) can be issued where an account of credibility of information is available, or weighing the interest of justice it is considered appropriate to straightaway direct investigation - The nature of

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to

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