Landmark case · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation · Semester 5

A.R. Antulay v. Ramdas Sriniwas Nayak

AIR 1984 SC 718 · Supreme Court of India

Anyone can set the criminal law in motion by a complaint unless the statute confines locus to a specified person.

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Cognizance of offences: BNSS 210, 223 / CrPC 190, 200 — Unit IV, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation.

Related sections:

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 210 — Cognizance of offences by magistrates (cf. s. 190 CrPC)
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 223 — Examination of complainant (cf. s. 200 CrPC)
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 4 — Punishments — context for cognizable/non-cognizable classification