Law: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)

Section: 173, 190

(a) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898) Ss. 173 & 190- Cognizance of offence-Implies conscious application of mind to facts disclosed in complaint or police report-Cognizance taken not under S. 173 but as a judicial act under S. 190 when Magis trate takes steps indicative of his intention to commence inquiry or trial-Issuance of miscellaneous orders for conducting search or continuing investigation-May not amount to taking of cogniz ance in judicial sense. A Court takes cognizance by a judicial action which need' not necessarily involve any formal act, but occurs as soon as the Court applies its mind to the suspected commission of the offence, as disclosed in the police report or the private complaint, for the purpose of proceeding in a particular way in accordance with the provisions contained in the Code for holding an enquiry or a trial, as the case may be. Wazir v. State P L D 1962 Lah. 405; Sourindra Mohan Chucker bully v. Emperor 11 Cr. L J 217 ; Nagendra Nath Chakrobarti v. Emperor 25 Cr. L J 732 ; Bholanath Das and others v. Emperor 26 Cr. L J 68 ; In re : Shivlingappa Bhagappa 31 Cr. L T 1142 ; Chuni Lal v. Emperor 34 Cr. L J 761 ; Harnarayan and others v. Govindram 41 Cr. L J 645 ; Gopal Marwari and others v. Emperor A I R 1943 Pat. 245 ; Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Afairs, West Bengal v. Kumar Banerjee A I R 1950 Cal. 437 ; R. R. Chari v. The State of Uttar Pradesh A I R 1951 S C 207 ; Asha Das and others v. The State A I R 1953 Assam 1 ; Abdus Sattar Molla v. The Crown P L D 1953 F C 145 ; Kali Charan v. State A I R 1955 All. 462 ; Dukhi and another v. State and another A I R 1955 All. 521 ; Badsha Mia and others v. The State P L D 1958 Dacca 598 ; The State v. Samiullah Khan and others P L D 1959 Kar. 157 ; Azizur Rahman and others v. The State P L D, 1960 Dacca 631 ; Azizur Rahman and others v. The State P L D 1960 Dacca 1054 ; Mirza Muhammad Abbas v. The State P L D 1964 Lah. 7 ; Muhammad Nawaz Khan v. Noor Muhammad and others P L D 1967 Lah. 176 ; Falak Sher and another v. The State P L D 1967 S C 425 and Muhammad Arif v. The State 1970 S C M R 178 ref. (b) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898) S. 173-Final report submitted by…