SC: Can’t Take Cognizance of Offence Under S.186 IPC on Police Report/Chargesheet - 12.05.2025

SC has clarified that S. 195 of IPC provides that no court shall take cognizance of offence under S. 186 except on a complaint in writing by the aggrieved public servant. In view of the legal bar, cognizance taken of offence under S. 186 of IPC on a police report/chargesheet is impermissible in law.

Tags : Supreme Court Section 195 Section 186

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