https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165463 A Special Judge under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1952 could take cognizance of offences under section 6(1)(a) and (b) on a private complaint, because section 8(1) authorised cognizance without commitment and did not confine it to a police report. Section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 was treated as a safeguard against investigation by lower-ranking officers, not as a bar on cognizance by the court. The Special Judge was regarded as a court of original criminal jurisdiction, and the maintainability of the complaint and the jurisdictional objection both failed. en-us Thu, 16 Feb 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 08:34:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165463 A Special Judge under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1952 could take cognizance of offences under section 6(1)(a) and (b) on a private complaint, because section 8(1) authorised cognizance without commitment and did not confine it to a police report. Section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 was treated as a safeguard against investigation by lower-ranking officers, not as a bar on cognizance by the court. The Special Judge was regarded as a court of original criminal jurisdiction, and the maintainability of the complaint and the jurisdictional objection both failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 Feb 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165463