BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 177 — Report how submitted.
Replaces CrPC Section 158.
(1) Every report sent to a Magistrate under section 176 shall, if the State Government so directs, be submitted through such superior officer of police as the State Government, by general or special order, appoints in that behalf. (2) Such superior officer may give such instructions to the officer in charge of the police station as he thinks fit, and shall, after recording such instructions on such report, transmit the same without delay to the Magistrate.
Nearby sections
- 174 Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases.
- 175 Police officer’s power to investigate cognizable case.
- 176 Procedure for investigation.
- 178 Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry.
- 179 Police officer's power to require attendance of witnesses.
- 180 Examination of witnesses by police.
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