https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171252 The statutory bar on cognizance under Section 195(1)(b)(ii) CrPC is confined to offences with a direct nexus to court proceedings and to documents while in custodia legis. Forgery committed before a document is produced in court does not attract that bar merely because the document is later filed in judicial proceedings, and a private complaint is therefore not barred on that ground. The provision was construed strictly because it limits the magistrate's general power under Section 190, and the deletion of words referring to a party to the proceeding did not alter this restrictive interpretation. en-us Tue, 03 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:08:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171252 The statutory bar on cognizance under Section 195(1)(b)(ii) CrPC is confined to offences with a direct nexus to court proceedings and to documents while in custodia legis. Forgery committed before a document is produced in court does not attract that bar merely because the document is later filed in judicial proceedings, and a private complaint is therefore not barred on that ground. The provision was construed strictly because it limits the magistrate's general power under Section 190, and the deletion of words referring to a party to the proceeding did not alter this restrictive interpretation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 03 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171252