https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=47846 Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure empowers a Magistrate to direct the officer in charge of a police station to investigate, but it does not extend to compelling the CBI to register an FIR or conduct an investigation. The controlling legal position is that this provision cannot be stretched beyond its statutory scope, and a direction issued to the CBI under that provision is inconsistent with settled law. On that basis, the order directing the CBI to register an FIR and investigate was held unsustainable and was set aside. en-us Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:09:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=47846 Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure empowers a Magistrate to direct the officer in charge of a police station to investigate, but it does not extend to compelling the CBI to register an FIR or conduct an investigation. The controlling legal position is that this provision cannot be stretched beyond its statutory scope, and a direction issued to the CBI under that provision is inconsistent with settled law. On that basis, the order directing the CBI to register an FIR and investigate was held unsustainable and was set aside. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=47846