Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 508 · Decided 22 April 2008
P.D. Lakhani and ANR. v. State of Punjab and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 508 · [2008] 6 S.C.R. 790
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 693/2008
- Decided
- 22 April 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 182; CrPC Section 195(1), 482, 195
Headnote
,... . Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 195(1) - Jurisdiction to file complaint before Magistrate - Complaint c lodged to SHO - SHO asked complainant to approach SSP - SSP ordered investigation - On basis of investigation report, complaint filed by SHO before Magistrate - Maintainability of - permits only an officer before whom the complaint was filed and who ordered D investigation to be appropriate officer to file complaint before Magistrate - Therefore only SSP or his superior officer had ;urisdiction to file complaint but not subordinate "' ... officer (SHO). A complaint
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