Section 164 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 164 of CRPC “Recording of confessions and statements” (1) Any Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate may, whether or not he has jurisdiction in the case, record any confession or statement made to him in the course of an investigation under this Chapter or under any
Section 163 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 163. No inducement to be offered. (1) No police officer or other person in authority shall offer or make or cause to be offered or made, any such inducement, threat or promise as is mentioned in section 24 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of
Section 162 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 162. Statements to police not to be signed: Use of statements in evidence. No statement made by any person to a police officer in the course of an investigation under this Chapter, shall, if reduced to writing, be signed by the person making it nor shall
Section 161 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 161. Examination of witnesses by police. (1) Any police officer making an investigation under this Chapter, or any police officer not below such rank as the State Government may, by general or special order, prescribe in this behalf, acting on the requisition of such officer, may examine
Section 160 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 160. Police officer’ s power to require attendance of witnesses. Any police officer making an investigation under this Chapter may, by order in writing, require the attendance before himself of any person being within the limits of his own or any adjoining station who, from the
Section 159 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 159 of CRPC “Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry” Such Magistrate, on receiving such report, may direct an investigation, or, if he thinks fit, at once proceed, or depute any Magistrate subordinate to him to proceed, to hold a preliminary inquiry into, or otherwise
Section 158 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 158. Report how submitted. (1) Every report sent to a Magistrate under section 157 shall, if the State Government so directs, be submitted through such superior officer of police as the State Government, by general or special order, appoints in that behalf. (2) Such superior officer may give
Section 157 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 157 of CRPC “Procedure for investigation” (1) If, from information received or otherwise, an officer in charge of a police station has reason to suspect the commission of an offence which he is empowered under section 156 to investigate, he shall forthwith send a report
Section 156 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 156. Police officer’ s power to investigate cognizable case. (1) Any officer in charge of a police station may, without the order of a Magistrate, investigate any cognizable case which a Court having jurisdiction over the local area within the limits of such station would have
Section 155 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 155 of CRPC “Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases” (1) When information is given to an officer in charge of a police station of the commission within the limits of such station of a non-cognizable offense, he shall enter or cause