Section 157 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
157. Procedure of investigation.
(1) If, from information received or otherwise, an officer-in-charge ... suspect the commission of an offence which he is empowered under section 156 to investigate, he shall forthwith send a report of the same
name of all the appellants. A report under Section
157 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ( CrPC ) could be sent ... appellants has placed heavy reliance is non-compliance of Section
157 Cr.PC. Section 157 Cr.PC reads as follows:-
“1) If, from information received
inquiry under Section 174 of the Code is distinct from the investigation as contemplated under Section 154 of the Code relating to commission ... authorised by the Magistrate. Section 157 Cr.P.C. prescribed the procedure for investigation. Section 174 deals with the inquest proceeding upon receiving information
training shall be conferred with power of investigation under
section 157 Cr.P.C. by the Superintendent of Police H.Qrs.
7. Clause ... power of investigation as has been provided
under Section 157 Cr.P.C and under Rule 660(c) of PMR Rules
lies with
police officer, complaint
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recorded under section 151 Cr.P.C. enjoined in section 145 and 157
of Indian Evidence Act and proviso to section ... Court in Mohan Lal (supra) proceeded sub-silentio Section 157 of
the Code of Criminal Procedure under which investigation can be undertaken by
the investigating
case
property of the present case from Malkhana for the purposes
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of depositing the same ... sent to the Ilaqa Magistrate
as required by the mandate of Section 157 Cr.P.C., he stated
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Magistrate soon after the occurrence prescribed under
Section 157 Cr.P.C. was complied with. Particular emphasis
Crl ... prosecution pertaining to compliance with the provisions of
Section 157 of Code of Criminal Procedure regarding sending
of copy of the First Information Report
that the FIR was ante-dated. As mandated in
Section 157 Code of Criminal Procedure, the prosecution could not establish that
FIR was "forthwith ... apposite to refer to Section
157(1) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 which reads as under :
"157. Procedure for investigation . - (1) If, from
spot map. There is no compliance of the provisions of Section 157 , Cr.P.C. Prosecution story is false and unnatural. Bheekaram ... forwarded to the Magistrate in compliance of Section 157 , Cr.P.C. and prosecution has not produced any evidence on that point. Though the Trial
after registration of First Information Reports.
The Code of Criminal Procedure , 1973 provides for two
modes of criminal prosecution, one based upon police investigation
report ... reasons for not fully complying
with the requirements of Sub-Section (1) of Section 157 Cr.P.C. The
kind of obligation conferred upon
