Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 569 · Decided 23 July 1997
Madhu Bala v. Suresh Kumar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 569 · [1997] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 32
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 658/1997
- Decided
- 23 July 1997
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 406; CrPC Section 156(3), 190(1)(a), 156(1)
Headnote
BALA v. SURESH KUMAR AND ORS. JULY 23, 1997 (M.K. MUKHERJEE ANDS. SAGHIR AHMAD, JJ.) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Section 156(3)-Magistrate ordeling registration of case and investigation upon Appellant's complaint under sec­ tions 498A and 406, !PC-High Coillt quashing the order under under section 156(3) HELD : Police bound to register a case upon Magistrate fonvarding complaint to it for investigation treating the same as FIR-Regardless of whether Magistrate has directed registration D of case or not as Police can only investigate after it has registered the case. The
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