https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303589 An offence under Section 97 of the Delhi Police Act was held to be non-cognizable because it carried only a fine with limited default imprisonment and the statute permitted arrest only in specified circumstances. That restricted arrest power did not alter the offence's cognizable character. A police report prepared after investigation without prior Magistrate's order, though not a valid basis for regular investigation of a non-cognizable case, could still be treated as a complaint if it disclosed the offence. On that basis, cognizance under the Code was competent and the challenge to the criminal proceedings failed. en-us Fri, 13 Dec 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 30 Jul 2022 18:13:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303589 An offence under Section 97 of the Delhi Police Act was held to be non-cognizable because it carried only a fine with limited default imprisonment and the statute permitted arrest only in specified circumstances. That restricted arrest power did not alter the offence's cognizable character. A police report prepared after investigation without prior Magistrate's order, though not a valid basis for regular investigation of a non-cognizable case, could still be treated as a complaint if it disclosed the offence. On that basis, cognizance under the Code was competent and the challenge to the criminal proceedings failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 13 Dec 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303589