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Sadiq B. Hanchinmani v. The State of Karnataka & Ors. R1: The State of Karnataka R2: Chndrumal R3: Sanjay R4: Nandkumar R5: Vijay

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
4 Nov 2025
Citation
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 246
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 4728/2025
Bench
Pankaj Mithal, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

Issue for consideration

Issue arose whether the direction for investigation to the police issued by the JMFC-Judicial Magistrate First Class u/s.156(3) CrPC which was quashed by the impugned orders, justified; had sufficient material before it so as to justify the course of action of referring the matter for investigation to the police invoking power u/s.156(3) of the Code, resulting in the institution of the FIR.

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