Jammu, September 05: A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar said that it is mandatory under section 154 CrPC to register an FIR and no preliminary enquiry is permissible in such situation as this is a general rule and must be strictly complied with.”
Disposing of a writ petition, the court directed the SHO Police Station Kralpora to register the FIR on the basis of complaint received by him from one Khan.
The court said that from perusal of the allegations made in the petition and the written complaint stated to have been lodged by the petitioner before the police authorities and Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Kralpora, cognizable offences stand disclosed.
The court held that when a complaint disclosing commission of cognizable offence is laid down before a Judicial Magistrate, it is his bounden duty to ask Incharge of the Police Station concerned to investigate the case.
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