least one
is cognisable, the case shall be
deemed to be a cognisable case,
notwithstanding that the other
offences are non- cognisable.
7.2. A perusal ... offence is alleged to have been
committed within the limits of such
station
7.4.3. the offence is a non- cognisable offence,
7.4.4. the Station house
police and their powers to Investigate. On information of a cognisable offence, the officer in charge of a police station is empowered, without the order ... cognisance by a Magistrate except on a complaint. Whether or not a report of a police officer on the investigation of a non-cognisable offence
follows:
" "Cognisable offence" means an offence for, and "cognisable ease" means a case in which a police officer, within ... cognisable cases and non-cognisable cases, and the heading of the Chapter shows the powers of police to investigate-both cognisable and non-cognisable cases
said Act is an offence and any such offence under the said Act is cognisable in character. Therefore, this Court is of the opinion that ... commission of an offence under Section 200 , IPC. It is well known that offence under Section 200 , IPC is a non-cognisable and bailable offence
cognisable offence,
(c) cognisable case, and
(d) non-cognisable case.
Section 2(c) makes it very clear that cognisable offence means an offence for which ... expression cognisable and Section 2(1) defines the expression "non-cognisable". The criterion for distinguishing "cognisable" from "non-cognisable
contended that the only
question before the Court is whether a cognisable offence is made
out. The reply deals with the assertions in the petition ... police have a
statutory right and duty to investigate a cognisable offence. The
courts would not ordinarily obstruct any investigation into the
cognisable offences
learned Single Judge
concluded that as regards the utterances a cognisable offence had been
made out prima facie and therefore, directed the registration ... women of their households are
not cognisable offences, I wonder what the police would consider is a
cognisable offence. The newspaper reports about Paul
beyond Section 323 of I.P.C. which is a non-cognisable offence and thus the police cannot investigate and submit a police report ... cognisance is to be taken on police report or not. It must be clearly understood that cognisance is taken of offence
offence against Section 409 which is also a cognisable offence and possibly also one against Section 420 .
5. Apart from this, the later report though ... reports, that the offence there charged was a non-cognisable offence and therefore the police were precluded under Section 155 of the Criminal Procedure Code
second FIR” where the information concerns
the same cognisable offence alleged in the first FIR or the same occurrence or
incident which gives rise ... more cognisable offences. This is due to the fact
that the investigation covers within its ambit not just the alleged cognisable offence,
but also
