BBanaka

CrPC: Chapter 12: Information - the police and their powers - Investigate

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

  1. Section 154. Information in cognizable cases
  2. Section 155. Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
  3. Section 156. Police officer's power to investigate cognizable cases
  4. Section 157. Procedure for investigation
  5. Section 158. Report how submitted
  6. Section 159. Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
  7. Section 160. Police Officer's power to require attendance of witnesses
  8. Section 161. Examination of witnesses by police
  9. Section 162. Statements to police not to be signed: Use of statements in evidence
  10. Section 163. No inducement to be offered
  11. Section 164. Recording of confessions and statements
  12. Section 164A. Medical examination of the victim of rape
  13. Section 165. Search by police officer
  14. Section 166. When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search-warrant
  15. Section 166A. Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside India
  16. Section 166B. Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India
  17. Section 167. Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours
  18. Section 168. Report of investigation by subordinate police officer
  19. Section 169. Release of accused when evidence deficient
  20. Section 170. Cases to be sent to Magistrate when evidence is sufficient
  21. Section 171. Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint
  22. Section 172. Diary of proceeding in investigation
  23. Section 173. Report of police officer on completion of investigation
  24. Section 174. Police to inquire and report on suicide, etc
  25. Section 175. Power to summon persons
  26. Section 176. Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death

Official reference: Ministry of Home Affairs: historical CrPC reference — source link checked: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2024-06-30.Mobile-app reference import; the recorded snapshot date is not a fresh legal-currency guarantee. The linked government text is an independent authoritative reference, not certification that this website reproduces the same edition. The source link was checked, not every provision or subsequent amendment. Check commencement notifications, savings and jurisdiction-specific variations separately. Section 135 was restored and individually checked against the linked government PDF (pages 75–76) on 2026-10-02; this is not a verification of the whole collection. Schedules and forms are not consolidated here. Historical code retained for reference; read the repeal/savings provisions in the successor code.