Section 177 Earlier CrPC 158
Report how submitted
Chapter 13: Information to the police and their powers to investigate
(1) Every report sent to a Magistrate under section 176 shall, if the State Government so directs, be submitted through such superior officer of police as the State Government, by general or special order, appoints in that behalf.
(2) Such superior officer may give such instructions to the officer in charge of the police station as he thinks fit, and shall, after recording such instructions on such report, transmit the same without delay to the Magistrate.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 174Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such casesCrPC 155
- 175Police officer’s power to investigate cognizable caseCrPC 156
- 176Procedure for investigationCrPC 157
- 178Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiryCrPC 159
- 179Police officer's power to require attendance of witnesses
- 180Examination of witnesses by policeCrPC 161