Here is a collection of judgments pertaining to utilization of CrPC 156(3).
- Suresh Chand Jain Vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Anr on 10 Jan 2001 [SCI: The Complainant need not be examined on Oath by the Magistrate in an application under Section 156 (3) of Cr.P.C.]
- Sakiri Vasu Vs State of U.P. and Ors on 7 Dec 2007 [SC: Magistrate has power to order registration of an F.I.R. and of ordering a proper investigation if the Magistrate is satisfied that a proper investigation has not been done, or is not being done by the police; Sequence is 154(1), then 154(3) and then 156(3)]
- Jagannath Verma and Ors Vs State of UP and Anr on 23 Sep 2014 [All HC: An order of the magistrate rejecting an application under Section 156 (3) of the Code for the registration of a case by the police and for investigation is not an interlocutory order. Such an order is amenable to the remedy of a criminal revision under Section 397]
- Priyanka Srivastava and Anr Vs State of UP and Ors on 19 March, 2015 [SCI: Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. applications are to be supported by an affidavit duly sworn by the applicant who seeks the invocation of the jurisdiction of the Magistrate; affidavit was mandatory in order to attach propriety and genuineness to the application preferred under Section 156 (3) of CrPC, it was ought to be supported with an affidavit so as to justify the set of allegations]
- Sabiya Begum Malka Vs State of U.P. and Ors on 18 May 2016 [All HC: Costs imposed on police for not filing FIR despite Orders u/s 156(3)]
- Commercial Toyota Vs State of Uttarakhand and Anr on 31 Jul 2019 [Uttarakhand HC: Non-filing of affidavit along with the application under S. 156(3) of CrPC held to be a curable defect]
- Om Prakash Sharma Vs State of MP on 25 Mar 2021 [MP HC: Follow Sakiri Vasu, 154(1), 154(3) and 156(3) Cr.P.C.]
- MS Supreme Bhiwandi Wada Manor Infrastructure Pvt Ltd Vs State of Maharashtra on 26 Jul 2021 [SCI: There is no scope for examining the complainant (or any witnesses) in a 156(3) CrPC proceeding, since that stage is pre-cognizance of any cognizable offence]
- Om Prakash Ambadkar Vs State of Maharashtra and Ors on 16 Jan 2025 [SC: Relying on Priyanka Srivastava decision, Supreme Court added that Magistrate has to hear the reasons for refusal to register FIR from IO before passing orders u/s 175(3) BNSS or 156(3) Cr.P.C.]
- Anurag Bhatnagar Vs State (NCT of Delhi) on 25 Jul 2025 [SC: Follow Sakiri Vasu, 154(1), 154(3) and 156(3) Cr.P.C.]
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