Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 57 · Decided 10 March 1970
S. N. Sharma v. Bipen Kumar Tiwari and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 57 · [1970] 3 S.C.R. 946
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 256/1969
- Decided
- 10 March 1970
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 159, 561A, 156(1)
Headnote
B · Code 6f Criminal Procedure, (5 of 1898), s. 159-Maiutrote-if can hold tnquiry himself, and stop police investign1ion. A first information report was lodged in respect of a crime and the appellant, who was the AJditional District Ma&istrate · (Judicial) was named therein as started investigation. The appellant applied to the Judicial Magistrate for invocation of the provisions of s. 159 Cr.P.C., and for conducting preliminary enquiry by the Court itself and for issuance of nei;essary directions to the Police to stop investiaation alleging that a false report had
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