CrPC Section 159 — Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
CHAPTER XII INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWERS TO INVESTIGATE
General
Official Text
Such Magistrate, on receiving such report, may direct an investigation, or, if he thinks fit, at once proceed, or depute any Magistrate subordinate to him to proceed, to hold a preliminary inquiry into, or otherwise to dispose of, the case in the manner provided in this Code.
Related Judgments
- STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS. vs SURINDER PAL SINGH — Supreme Court of India (1989)
- M.C.MEHTA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (2006)
- KAMLAPATI TRIVEDI vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL — Supreme Court of India (1978)
Old <-> New Code Mapping
- BNSS §178 — Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
