Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases.

What this section does

When a non-cognizable offence is reported, the officer in charge must record the substance in the prescribed book, refer the informant to the Magistrate, and forward a fortnightly daily diary report to the Magistrate. No investigation of a non-cognizable case may be conducted without a Magistrate's order, though once ordered, the investigating officer has the same powers as in a cognizable case except the power to arrest without warrant. Where a case involves both cognizable and non-cognizable offences, it is treated as a cognizable case.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Officer in charge of police station · Magistrate · Informant

Time limit

Fortnightly (forwarding of daily diary report to Magistrate)

Derived from CrPC s.155.