Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
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Summary
When a magistrate receives a report of an offence, they may direct an investigation. They may instead conduct, or depute a subordinate magistrate to conduct, a preliminary inquiry. The magistrate may also dispose of the case in the manner provided by this Code.
Example
Priya files an FIR at her local police station saying a neighbour took her tablet. The magistrate who receives the report may order a full investigation, or may hold or send a subordinate to hold a preliminary inquiry to decide whether to frame charges or close the case.
Bare Act
Enacted textSuch 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 to dispose of, the case in the manner provided in this Code.
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