https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311711 A Magistrate acting under section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure can direct investigation and ensure its fairness, and the police cannot defeat that direction by unilaterally raising territorial jurisdiction objections. Where the complaint showed that the complainant was resident in Delhi and part of the cause of action arose there, the Delhi Magistrate had territorial jurisdiction to direct investigation. A police transfer of the investigation to Greater Noida was treated as an impermissible review of the Magistrate's order and was quashed as bad in law. en-us Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:07:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311711 A Magistrate acting under section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure can direct investigation and ensure its fairness, and the police cannot defeat that direction by unilaterally raising territorial jurisdiction objections. Where the complaint showed that the complainant was resident in Delhi and part of the cause of action arose there, the Delhi Magistrate had territorial jurisdiction to direct investigation. A police transfer of the investigation to Greater Noida was treated as an impermissible review of the Magistrate's order and was quashed as bad in law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311711