(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 power to inquire into or try under the provisions of
Chapter XIV:
Provided that considering the nature and gravity of the offence, the Superintendent
of Police may either himself investigate or require the Deputy Superintendent of Police to
investigate the offence.
(2) No proceeding of a police officer in any such case shall at any stage be called in
question on the ground that the case was one which such officer was not empowered under
this section to investigate.
(3) Any Judicial Magistrate empowered under section 210 may, after considering the
application made under clause (b) of sub-section (4) of section 173 and submission made in
this regard by the police officer, order such an investigation as above-mentioned.
(4) Any Judicial Magistrate empowered under section 210, may upon receiving a
complaint against a public servant arising in course of the discharge of his official duties,
take cognizance, subject to\u2014
(a) receiving a report containing facts and circumstances of the incident from
the officer superior to him; and
(b) after consideration of the assertions made by the public servant as to the
situation that led to the incident so alleged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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