https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169995 A Magistrate may, before taking cognizance, direct police investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code and require registration of an FIR where a cognizable offence is disclosed; such a direction is not illegal because registration is the formal step enabling investigation under Chapter XII. A petition addressed to a Magistrate alleging offences and seeking action is a complaint in law under Section 2(d), and its label or form is immaterial unless it is a police report. The Court therefore upheld the Magistrate's power and treated the petition as a complaint irrespective of nomenclature. en-us Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:48:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169995 A Magistrate may, before taking cognizance, direct police investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code and require registration of an FIR where a cognizable offence is disclosed; such a direction is not illegal because registration is the formal step enabling investigation under Chapter XII. A petition addressed to a Magistrate alleging offences and seeking action is a complaint in law under Section 2(d), and its label or form is immaterial unless it is a police report. The Court therefore upheld the Magistrate's power and treated the petition as a complaint irrespective of nomenclature. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169995