Lalita Kumari vs Govt.Of U.P.& Ors on 12 November, 2013
In Lalita Kumari vs. Govt. of U.P. (SC) : 2013(4)
R.C.R.(Criminal) 979 : 399 :2014(2) SCC 1 Hon'ble Supreme Court held
that registration of FIR is mandatory under Section 154 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973, if the information discloses commission of a
cognizable offence and no preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a
situation and if the information received does not disclose a cognizable
offence but indicates the necessity for an inquiry, a preliminary inquiry
may be conducted only to ascertain whether cognizable offence is
disclosed or not.