Section 178 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Act: Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry.
Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023
The Magistrate, on receiving a report under section 176, may direct an investigation, or, if he thinks fit, at once proceed, or depute any Magistrate subordinate to him to proceed, to hold a preliminary inquiry into, or otherwise to dispose of, the case in the manner provided in this Sanhita.