https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282133 Process in a criminal complaint may be issued only by the Magistrate who has taken cognizance under section 204 CrPC, or by another Magistrate after a valid transfer of the case, in which event section 202 applies. Where no transfer has been made, a Magistrate who did not take cognizance lacks jurisdiction to issue process. The document also notes that an observation about evidence coming from tainted sources indicated there was no case to proceed with. On that basis, the process was quashed and the challenge failed. en-us Thu, 02 Dec 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:42:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282133 Process in a criminal complaint may be issued only by the Magistrate who has taken cognizance under section 204 CrPC, or by another Magistrate after a valid transfer of the case, in which event section 202 applies. Where no transfer has been made, a Magistrate who did not take cognizance lacks jurisdiction to issue process. The document also notes that an observation about evidence coming from tainted sources indicated there was no case to proceed with. On that basis, the process was quashed and the challenge failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 02 Dec 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282133