same
and as per the provision under PSO 588A of the Police
Standing Orders, the investigation in both the cases ought
to have been conducted ... PSO 145 is nothing more than administrative
instructions and it cannot have the force of law. In
an attempt to distinguish PSO 145 from 588A
case by the police."
15. After the introduction of PSO 588A, there were
number of judgments out of which one line of thinking ... that the failure to follow PSO 588A is an illegality vitiating
the conviction. The other line of thinking was that PSO 588-
A is only
case in counter and investigating agency ought to have followed PSO 588A, but it has not followed the same. In such circumstances
Sessions Court, Nagercoil.
The learned counsel drew my attention to PSO 588-A and placed
http://www.judis ... ought to have followed the procedure set out in PSO
588-A. P.S.O.588A reads as follows:-
"In a complaint and counter
held that, PSO 588(A) has no statutory force and also that it is only directory
and not mandatory. Non compliance of PSO ... difference then between P.S.O. 145
and P.S.O. 588A Chapter II of the Code of Criminal Procedure invests
the police with
Dr.M.S. Kadirvelu vs The State Rep. By on 12 July, 2017
Author: M
