INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWER TO INVESTIGATE
Information In Cognizable Cases.
1. A copy of the information as recorded under sub-section shall be given forthwith, free of cost, to the informant.
2. 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 sub-section1 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 power of an officer incharge of the police station in relation of that offence.
Information As To Non-Cognizable Cases & Investigation of such cases.
1. No police officer shall be investigate a non-cognizable case without the order of a magistrate having power to try such case or commit the case for trial.
2. Any police officer receiving such order may exercise the same power in respect of the investigation (except the power of arrest without the warrant) as an officer in charge of a police station may exercise in a cognizable case.
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