Powers of Superior officers of police
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Summary
Senior police officers who rank above a station officer may use, throughout the local area they are appointed to, any power that the station officer can exercise within his station limits. In practice this lets a superior officer investigate, order arrests, or take other lawful steps anywhere in their jurisdiction with the same authority as the station in-charge.
Example
Priya files an FIR at her local police station about a theft from her shop. A Deputy Superintendent who is senior to the station in-charge and whose appointed area covers that neighbourhood may exercise the same powers as the station officer, so the Deputy Superintendent can direct the investigation and order arrests in that locality.
Bare Act
Enacted textPolice officers superior in rank to an officer in charge of a police station may exercise the same powers, throughout the local area to which they are appointed, as may be exercised by such officer within the limits of his station.
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