Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1190 · Decided 11 October 1996
Keshav Lal Thakur v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1190 · [1996] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 578
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1803/1996
- Decided
- 11 October 1996
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, S.P. KURDUKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 2(d), 154, 155, 468, 473, 482, 155(2)
Headnote
LAL THAKUR v. STATE OF BIHAR OCTOBER 11, 1996 B (M.K. MUKHERJEE AND S.P. KURDUKAR, JJ.) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : Sections 2(d), 154, 155, 468, 473, 482-Case filed under S.31 of Rep- C resentation of People Act against the appellant-On completion of investiga~ ti on report was submitted ground that cognizance was bamd by limitation-High Court dismissing the petition-on appeal held, the offence is non-cognizable and Police could not have D registered a case for such offence-Police could investigate into a non-cog­ nizable offence pursuant to the order of a competent
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