Supreme Court Restores FIR in Fake E-Stamp Case, Clarifies Scope of Section 156(3) CrPC
The Supreme Court has made it clear that a Magistrate’s power to order a police investigation under Section 156(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code cannot be undone because of minor wording errors. The Court restored an FIR that the Karnataka High Court had quashed and directed the police to finish the investigation without delay. A…