https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=186411 A Special Court under the Essential Commodities Act, trying offences summarily under section 12AA, can exercise the Magistrate's power under section 167(5) of the Code, so the six-month limit on investigation applies and further investigation must stop if no valid extension is granted. However, stoppage of further investigation does not invalidate material lawfully collected within time, and the Special Court may still take cognizance on a police report under section 173(2) based on that completed investigation. The applicability of section 167(5) was affirmed, but cognizance on the existing police report was upheld. en-us Wed, 05 May 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:05:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=186411 A Special Court under the Essential Commodities Act, trying offences summarily under section 12AA, can exercise the Magistrate's power under section 167(5) of the Code, so the six-month limit on investigation applies and further investigation must stop if no valid extension is granted. However, stoppage of further investigation does not invalidate material lawfully collected within time, and the Special Court may still take cognizance on a police report under section 173(2) based on that completed investigation. The applicability of section 167(5) was affirmed, but cognizance on the existing police report was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 05 May 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=186411