Central Government Act
Section 154 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973
154.
Information in cognizable cases.
(1) Every
information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence, if given orally
to an officer in charge of a police station, shall be reduced to writing by him
or under his direction, and be read Over to the informant; and every such
information, whether given in writing or reduced to writing as aforesaid, shall
be signed by the person giving it, and the substance thereof shall be entered
in a book to be kept by such officer in such form as the State Government may
prescribe in this behalf.
(2) A
copy of the information as recorded under sub- section (1) shall be given
forthwith, free of cost, to the informant.
(3) Any
person aggrieved by a refusal on the part of an officer in charge of a police
station to record the information referred to in subsection (1) may send the
substance of such information, in writing and by post, to the Superintendent of
Police concerned who, if satisfied that such information discloses the
commission of a cognizable offence, shall either investigate the case himself
or direct an investigation to be made by any police officer subordinate to him,
in the manner provided by this Code, and such officer shall have all the powers
of an officer in charge of the police station in relation to that offence.
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