Search Results for Tag : Cognisance

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Delhi HC: Taking Cognizance of FIR Against a Gang Member is Enough to Apply MCOCA(22.09.2025)

Delhi High Court clarified that the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 can be invoked if a Magistrate takes cognizance of two or more FI.....

Tags : Cognisance, FIR, Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, Conviction

Judgments

Obscene acts in private place not a ‘public offence’(10.03.2016)

Obscene activities in private place not causing disturbance or disruption to others cannot be taken cognisance of by police under Section 294 of the I.....

Tags : obscene act, private place, cognisance

Delhi HC: Magistrate Must Examine Complainant, Hear Accused Before Taking Cognisance(30.09.2026)

Delhi High Court held that under Section 223(1) BNSS, a Magistrate can take cognisance of a private complaint only after examining the complainant and.....

Tags : Magistrate; Complainant; Cognisance

Supreme Court: Cognisance of FERA Complaint is Invalid Without Prior Notice to the Accused(22.07.2026)

SC held that Magistrate cannot take cognisance of a complaint under FERA unless mandatory opportunity notice is first served on the accused. It conseq.....

Tags : FERA; Cognisance; Complaint

J&K&L HC: Complaint Dismissed Before Cognisance is Not an Acquittal & is Challengeable U/S 528 BNSS(24.07.2026)

J&K and Ladakh High Court held that only dismissal of a criminal complaint after issuance of process amounts to an acquittal under Section 279 BNSS. A.....

Tags : Cognisance; Acquittal; Complaint