Section 160 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
160. Police officer's power to require attendance of witnesses.
(1) Any police officer making ... words "under the age of fifteen years or woman" by Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013] shall be required to attend at any place other than
officers with the powers under Criminal Procedure Code and they are
bound to act in accordance with the procedure laid therein. Thus, extra
Constitutional methods ... State
of Meghalaya & Ors. 2010 Crl.L.J. 56 to contend that notice under Section
160 Cr.P.C. cannot be given beyond territorial
offence.
The Code of Criminal Procedure lays down different provisions as to how investigation is
to be done. Section 160 Cr.P.C gives power ... notice under Section 160 cannot be quashed
by a Court. Notice under Sections 160 Cr.P.C is a step in furtherance of investigation
thereafter proceed with the
investigation under Section 157 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure. This can entitle the aggrieved
party to work out the remedy ... Reading of this Section makes it abundantly clear
that notice under Section 160 Cr.P.C. can be
issued by an Investigating Officer
mandate. Inviting my
attention to Sections 41, 44, 46, 57, 60 and Section 167 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, Shri. Jethmalani submits that this ... section applies to an accused
and even an accused can be summoned, even then, if there is non-
compliance with Section 160 CrPC
Section 41A of Cr.P.C. is vitiated by malafides as it
is only a retaliatory measure. That the provisions of
Section 41A of ... nature of the
provisions of Section 41A of Cr.P.C is reflected by the
very provisions of Section 160 of
Section 1 and 2 of Section 160. A reference has been made to Section
160 Cr.P.C. which is reproduced as under:
"160 ... Court either
under Section 439 Cr.P.C. or under section 482 Cr.P.C. of the Code of
Criminal Procedure and the appeal filed
within the limits of the
adjoining station. Proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 160 Cr.P.C.
prohibits summoning a male person under ... persons. Therefore, the prohibition contained in the
proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 160 Cr.P.C. is not relevant to
consider
Section 160 the Code of
Criminal Procedure [hereinafter referred to as " CrPC "].
W.P.(CRL) 1808/2021 & CRL ... Sections 2(ra) , 2(na) , 2(rc) , 2(u) , Section 55,
Section 56, Section 57, Section 58, Section 58(B), Section 59,
Section 60, Section
working at Ernakulam. By virtue of the powers under Section 160 of Code of Criminal Procedure, Deputy Superintendent of Police, though, can require a person ... above cited judgment, the same relates to Section 160 of Code of Criminal Procedure and the same cannot be relied upon in respect
