Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 19 · Decided 10 January 2001
Suresh Chand Jain v. State of Madhya Pradesh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 19 · [2001] 1 S.C.R. 257
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 43/2001
- Decided
- 10 January 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420; CrPC Section 156(3)
Headnote
Criminal Law: Criminal l'rucedure Code, 1973-Chapters XII and XV-Sections 156 and 202-l'oll'er of Judicial Magistrate tu direct investigation hy Police on receiving complaim-Examinalion of Complainant on oath-Held, order of inl'estigatiun under Chapter XII is before taking cognizance of offence cogni::ance of offence. A B c D Respondent filed a complaint against appellant and his wife before Chief Judicial Magistrate for initiating action under section 3 of Prizes Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Prohibition) Act and under Section 420 IPC. The Magistrate ordered investigation by
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