In a Aurangabad rally on 1 May, the MNS chief had asked people to play the Hanuman Chalisa outside mosques from 4 May if loudspeakers there were not removed. Mumbai/Aurangabad: Trouble mounted for MNS president Raj Thackeray after the Aurangabad police on Tuesday registered an offence against him over his “provocative” speech on loudspeakers atop mosques two days ago, while …
The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered on Friday, has held that, the Police Officers cannot register FIR, arrest, prosecute or investigate in regard to Cognizable offence under Chapter IV of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.The bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph held that an arrest can be made by the Drugs Inspector in regard to …
INTRODUCTION I retired from the High Court of Kerala in the year 2012. When once the S.H.O registers an FIR, the offence being a "cognizable offence", the S.H.O has the authority under Section 156 Cr.P.C to conduct investigation of such offence without the order of a Magistrate. In the case of a "non-cognizable offence", apart from the fact that a …
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