https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169975 A Magistrate's order issuing a warrant during police investigation under the proviso to section 3 of the Prevention of Corruption Act was treated as part of the investigative stage and not as cognizance under section 190 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Cognizance begins only when the Magistrate applies judicial mind for proceeding under the Code, not when he acts for an investigative purpose. On the facts, sanction had already been granted before cognizance was taken, so the objection that prior sanction was lacking failed. en-us Mon, 19 Mar 1951 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 May 2015 18:46:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169975 A Magistrate's order issuing a warrant during police investigation under the proviso to section 3 of the Prevention of Corruption Act was treated as part of the investigative stage and not as cognizance under section 190 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Cognizance begins only when the Magistrate applies judicial mind for proceeding under the Code, not when he acts for an investigative purpose. On the facts, sanction had already been granted before cognizance was taken, so the objection that prior sanction was lacking failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 19 Mar 1951 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169975