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Bombay High Court to decide whether criminal revision under Section 397 CrPC can be invoked against Magistrate order directing probe
Single-judge Justice RG Avachat referred the issue to a larger bench after noting that there were conflicting judgments by various division benches of the High Court.
The Bombay High Court will decide whether the remedy of criminal revision under Section 397 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) can be invoked to challenge an order of a Magistrate directing investigation under Section 156(3) of CrPC [Arun Gidh v. Chandraprakash Singh & Ors.]