Supreme Court of India
Hamant Yashwant Dhage v. State of Maharashtra and Others
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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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