Supreme Court of India

Hamant Yashwant Dhage v. State of Maharashtra and Others

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Reported as [2016] 2 S.C.R. 997
Bench M.Y. Eqbal and Shiva Kffiti Singh JJ.
Decided 10 February 2016

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid broad consensus amongst the counsel for the various parties, it is not necessary for us to go deeper into the relevant issue of law as to whether the earlier order of this Court dated April 12,2010 warranted registering of F.l.R. by the police before commencing investigation.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 156(3) - Police officers power to investigate cognizable case - Registration of FIR - Complaint by appellant before the Magistrate for registration of FIR - Rejected by the Magistrate taking note of the order passed by this Court wherein the action of High Court in entertaining writ petition for change of investigating officer was disapproved - In writ petitian also the High Court rejected to issue direction for registration of FIR holding that it was open for the petitioner to seek clarification/modification of the order from this Court - On appeal.

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