https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176673 Section 196(1-A) barred the Court from taking cognizance, but it did not prevent police registration of a cognizable offence, investigation, arrest, or submission of the police report before sanction. Remand to judicial custody under Section 167 was treated as a limited investigative power and not as taking cognizance of the offence. The inherent power under Section 482 could not be used to quash a lawful investigation while no police report had yet been filed. The High Court's quashing order was therefore set aside and the criminal proceedings were restored. en-us Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176673 Section 196(1-A) barred the Court from taking cognizance, but it did not prevent police registration of a cognizable offence, investigation, arrest, or submission of the police report before sanction. Remand to judicial custody under Section 167 was treated as a limited investigative power and not as taking cognizance of the offence. The inherent power under Section 482 could not be used to quash a lawful investigation while no police report had yet been filed. The High Court's quashing order was therefore set aside and the criminal proceedings were restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176673