Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 235 · Decided 13 November 1979
State of Bihar and Anr v. J.A.C. Saldanha and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 235 · [1980] 2 S.C.R. 16
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 301/1979
- Decided
- 13 November 1979
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, D.A. DESAI, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 105, 106; CrPC Section 1, 3, 12
Headnote
Investigation by Police-Further investigation in case in which one investf. patin~, of(:'ccr bud sul;n1ittnl a final r·cpon under section 172(2) of Crilninal Procedure Code, 1973, but on which the Court had not passed any order­ Whether the State Government is precluded from directing and (2) and 193(8) of the Crimi­ nal Procedure Code, 1973 r /w Sectz'ons 1, 3, 12 and 22 of the Indian Police Act, 1861-Wherher E.G. of Police Vigilance, a ~superior" officer in rank for the purpose of section 36 of the Code-Power of Magistrate under s. 156 of the Code. D Words and
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