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Kailash Singh vs State Of U.P. on 31 January, 2012 cites

S.K. Sinha, Chief Enforcement Officer vs Videocon International Ltd. & Ors on 25 January, 2008

?Cognizance taken, Register the case. Issue summons to the accused.? The Apex Court has held that this order by itself indicates that the learned Magistrate has applied his mind and had taken cognizance of the case. The Apex Court has discussed the term cognizance in the case of S.K.Sinha, Chief Enforcement Officer Vs. Videocon International Ltd. and Others (2008) 2 SCC 492 and has stated that expression ?cognizance? has not been defined in the Code. But the word (cognizance) is of indefinite import. It has no esoteric or mystic significance in criminal law. It merely means ?become aware of? and when used with reference to a Court or a Judge, it connotes ?to take notice of judicially?. It indicates the point when a Court or a Magistrate takes judicial notice of an offence with a view to initiating proceedings in respect of such offence said to have been committed by someone.
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