Madras in Crl.M.P.No.2302 of 2003
filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, (hereinafter referred
to as ‘ ... contained in Sections 154 to 157
of the Code or any other provisions of the Code. The scheme of
Sections 154
WRIT PETITION No.824 of 2013
ORDER:
Does Section 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (hereinafter called
" Cr.P.C ") permit registration ... Courts, construing provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code , 1898,
substituting them with similar provisions under the Criminal Procedure Code ,
1973.
I. IS REGISTRATION OF MULTIPLE
powers
conferred upon him under Chapter XV of the Code of Criminal Procedure
1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) under the Heading of “Complaints ... procedure prescribed under Chapter
XII of the Cr.P.C . to be adopted in a case based on police report and the
procedure prescribed under
I.P.C ] and also in some other enactments. Schedule- I to the Code of Criminal Procedure classifies the offences under the Penal Code ... take further action.
11. Chapter-XII of the Code Criminal Procedure consisting of Sections 154 to 176 Cr.P.C. deals with the powers
basis of such information."
9
9. Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure reads
thus:
"154. Information in cognizable cases.
(1) Every ... preceded by registering FIR as per Section 154 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure.
12. In the light of the discussion made above, the
registering
negative.
Sub Section (1) of Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that
every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence ... object of "First Information Report" under section 154 of
the Criminal Procedure Code, the Privy Council in EMPEROR v. KHWAJA NAZIR AHMAD1
held
negative.
Sub Section (1) of Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that
every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence ... object of "First Information Report" under section 154 of
the Criminal Procedure Code, the Privy Council in EMPEROR v. KHWAJA NAZIR AHMAD1
held
mandate of Section 154. Learned ASG has put forth a comparative
analysis of Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ... that existed in the previous enactments of the Code of Criminal
Procedure .
Code of Criminal Procedure , 1861
“139. Every complaint or information preferred
hereunder:
“18. An information given under sub-section (1) of Section 154 CrPC is
commonly known as first information report (FIR) though this ... station house diary
and this is implied in Section 154 CrPC. Apart from a vague
information by a phone call or a cryptic
that the procedure adopted
by the respondent-police in conducting search and
seizure without registering the case as required under
Section 154 of ... that the procedure followed by the Police
Officer concerned is contrary to the
mandatory provisions as contained in Section
154 of the
