Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 457 · Decided 30 July 2010
Srinivas Gundluri & ORS. v. M/S. Sepco Electric Power Construction Corporation & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 457 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 278
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1377/2010
- Decided
- 30 July 2010
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, ANIL R. DAVE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 405, 406, 418, 420, 427, 503, 504, 506; CrPC Section 156(3)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 156(3) - Police C officer's power to investigate cognizable case - Criminal complaint against appellants u/ss. 405, 406, 418, 420, 427, 503, 504, 506134 and 1208 of /PC before Magistrate -:­ Magistrate uls. 156(3) directing police FIR, conduct investigation and submit charge sheet thereafter - D Legality of- Held: To proceed u/s. 156 (3), a bare reading of complaint is required and if it discloses a cognizable offence, then Magistrate instead of applying his mind to the complaint for deciding whether or not there is
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