Litigation News
Magistrate has power to monitor investigation under Section 156(3) CrPC: Allahabad High Court
A Division Bench of Justices Anjani Kumar Mishra and Deepak Verma was adjudicating a petition seeking directions to the respondent authorities to conduct fair investigation in a criminal case.
The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that a Magistrate has the power to 'monitor' investigation under Section 156(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and a person who is aggrieved by police probe can move Magistrate for monitoring the probe [Satyaprakash v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Other]