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Information given to the officer in charge of a police station concerns an offence within that…

The First Schedule makes both limbs of BNS section 248 non-cognizable, so BNSS section 174(1) requires the officer to enter "the substance of the information" in the…

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Information given to the officer in charge of a police station concerns an offence within that station’s limits under section 248 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and discloses no cognizable offence. Under section 174 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which statement is correct?

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The First Schedule makes both limbs of BNS section 248 non-cognizable, so BNSS section 174(1) requires the officer to enter "the substance of the information" in the prescribed book and "refer the informant to the Magistrate". Under section 174(2) the police may investigate a non-cognizable case only on the order of a competent Magistrate, so investigation is possible but not without that order.

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