Information to the Police and their Powers to Investigate — Section 154 to 176

Your scooter is stolen from outside a mall in Vashi. You walk into the police station and the officer says he will take a written complaint and revert. Must he register it today? Must he give you a copy? If he refuses, where do you go? Every criminal case that begins with the police starts with information, followed by investigation, and ends with a report to a Magistrate. Chapter XIII of the Sanhita governs that entire journey.

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Chapter XIII (ss.173 to 196) governs the police stage: information of a cognizable offence is recorded as the first information (orally or electronically), the police investigate without a Magistrate's order in cognizable cases, record witness statements, produce the accused within time limits, and close with a report under s.193.

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