[SC/ST Act] Special court can treat application under Section 156(3) CrPC as complaint: Allahabad High Court

"The second proviso to Section 14 of the Act makes it clear that the Special Court so established or specified shall have powers to directly take cognizance of offence under this Act,"the Court held.
Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday observed that a special court for trying cases under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act), can treat an application under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) as a complaint. [Naresh Kumar Valmiki & Ors. v State of UP & Ors.]

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