Proposed accused Archives

order directing FIR registration not open to revision

Magistrate’s order directing police to register FIR and investigate not open to revision at instance of proposed accused: Allahabad High Court

The person against whom the FIR was to be registered, as directed by the Magistrate, had approached the Court to revise the said order by setting it aside.

Op Eds OP. ED.

Opportunity of Hearing to the Proposed Accused at Pre-Cognizance Stage in Complaint Cases: Implications of Proviso to Section 223(1) of the BNSS

by Amir Suhail*

Case Briefs High Courts

Proposed accused has no right to hearing at the stage of inquiry under Section 340(1) of CrPC: Calcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court emphasised that the purpose of the preliminary inquiry is not to determine guilt or innocence but to decide whether an inquiry is expedient in the interest of justice.