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Police Power to Investigate — and Your Route to a Magistrate

Plain-English Summary — Not Verbatim Statutory Text

Gives police the power to investigate a cognizable offence without needing anyone's prior permission. It also provides the route for approaching a magistrate to direct registration or investigation of a case — your escalation path if a police station won't act on a complaint.

If a station won't register your complaint, this section is your basis for taking it to a magistrate instead.

Sec. 173: Registration of the FIR Sec. 176: Mandatory Forensic Investigation for Serious Offences

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Sec. 173

Registration of the FIR

If police refuse to register your FIR for a cognizable offence, that refusal is itself something you can escalate.

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