https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284217 Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure empowers a magistrate only to direct investigation by the officer in charge of a police station under Section 156(1), and this power does not extend to ordering the CBI to investigate. The definitions of "officer in charge of a police station" and "police station", together with Section 36, indicate that superior police officers may exercise similar powers, but they do not enlarge the magistrate's authority. A direction to the CBI may be issued by the High Court under Article 226 or by the Supreme Court under Articles 32 and 142(1), not by a magistrate. Sections 5 and 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act do not confer such power. en-us Fri, 19 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:21:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284217 Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure empowers a magistrate only to direct investigation by the officer in charge of a police station under Section 156(1), and this power does not extend to ordering the CBI to investigate. The definitions of "officer in charge of a police station" and "police station", together with Section 36, indicate that superior police officers may exercise similar powers, but they do not enlarge the magistrate's authority. A direction to the CBI may be issued by the High Court under Article 226 or by the Supreme Court under Articles 32 and 142(1), not by a magistrate. Sections 5 and 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act do not confer such power. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 19 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284217