Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 · Chapter V: Miscellaneous
Section 18A: No enquiry or approval required
(1) For the purposes of this Act,—
a) preliminary enquiry shall not be required for registration of a First Information Report against any person; or
(b) the investigating officer shall not require approval for the arrest, if necessary, of any person, against whom an accusation of having committed an offence under this Act has been made and no procedure other than that provided under this Act or the Code shall apply.
(2) The provisions of section 438 of the Code shall not apply to a case under this Act, notwithstanding any judgment or order or direction of any Court.]
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 18A
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Kiran v. Rajkumar Jivraj Jain & Anr.
Whether the High Court was correct in allowing the pre-arrest bail to respondent-accused u/s.438 Cr.PC in respect of alleged commission of offenses punishable u/ss.118(1), 115(1), 189(2), 189(4), 190, 191(2), 191(3),…
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Amit Kumar & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
(i) What is the scope of section 174 CrPC and how is it different from investigation pursuant to filing of FIR under section 154 CrPC. (ii) Whether recourse to inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC by the…
- Ms. X v. State & Anr
- Bijender Singh v. State of NCT of Delhi
- Prathvi Raj Chauhan v. Union of India & Others
- P. Surendran v. State by Inspector of Police