https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156800 Information disclosing a cognizable offence triggers the statutory duty to register an FIR under Section 154(1), and the police may investigate under Sections 156 and 157 without first testing the truth or credibility of the allegations; the FIR could not be refused merely because the facts were disputed. The High Court's inherent or writ powers may be used to quash criminal proceedings only in exceptional cases where no offence is disclosed or a clear legal bar exists, so threshold quashing was not justified on the materials then available. Investigation under the Prevention of Corruption Act required strict compliance with Section 5A(1); the entrustment to the SHO without valid specific authorisation was invalid, and the investigation already undertaken was quashed, with liberty to proceed afresh according to law. en-us Wed, 21 Nov 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:57:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156800 Information disclosing a cognizable offence triggers the statutory duty to register an FIR under Section 154(1), and the police may investigate under Sections 156 and 157 without first testing the truth or credibility of the allegations; the FIR could not be refused merely because the facts were disputed. The High Court's inherent or writ powers may be used to quash criminal proceedings only in exceptional cases where no offence is disclosed or a clear legal bar exists, so threshold quashing was not justified on the materials then available. Investigation under the Prevention of Corruption Act required strict compliance with Section 5A(1); the entrustment to the SHO without valid specific authorisation was invalid, and the investigation already undertaken was quashed, with liberty to proceed afresh according to law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 21 Nov 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156800