crpc section 200 to 203,(chapter 15)complaints to magistrates.

crpc 200, Examination of complainant.—A Magistrate taking cognizance of an offence on complaint
shall examine upon oath the complainant and the witnesses present, if any, and the substance of such
examination shall be reduced to writing and shall be signed by the complainant and the witnesses, and
also by the Magistrate:
Provided that, when the complaint is made in writing, the Magistrate need not examine the
complainant and the witnesses—
(a) if a public servant acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his official duties or a Court
has made the complaint; or
(b) if the Magistrate makes over the case for inquiry or trial to another Magistrate under
section 192:
Provided further that if the Magistrate makes over the case to another Magistrate under section 192
after examining the complainant and the witnesses, the latter Magistrate need not re-examine them.
crpc 201,Procedure by Magistrate not competent to take cognizance of the case.—If the complaint is
made to a Magistrate who is not competent to take cognizance of the offence, he shall,—
(a) if the complaint is in writing, return it for presentation to the proper Court with an
endorsement to that effect;
(b) if the complaint is not in writing, direct the complainant to the proper Court.
crpc 202,Postponement of issue of process.—(1) Any Magistrate, on receipt of a complaint of an offence
of which he is authorised to take cognizance or which has been made over to him under section 192, may,
if he thinks fit,
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[and shall, in a case where the accused is residing at a place beyond the area in which he
exercises his jurisdiction,] postpone the issue of process against the accused, and either inquire into the
case himself or direct an investigation to be made by a police officer or by such other person as he thinks
fit, for the purpose of deciding whether or not there is sufficient ground for proceeding:
Provided that no such direction for investigation shall be made,—
(a) where it appears to the Magistrate that the offence complained of is triable exclusively by the
Court of Session; or
(b) where the complaint has not been made by a Court, unless the complainant and the witnesses
present (if any) have been examined on oath under section 200.
(2) In an inquiry under sub-section (1), the Magistrate may, if he thinks fit, take evidence of witnesses
on oath:
Provided that if it appears to the Magistrate that the offence complained of is triable exclusively by
the Court of Session, he shall call upon the complainant to produce all his witnesses and examine them on
oath.
(3) If an investigation under sub-section (1) is made by a person not being a police officer, he shall
have for that investigation all the powers conferred by this Code on an officer in charge of a police station
except the power to arrest without warrant.
crpc 203, Dismissal of complaint.—If, after considering the statements on oath (if any) of the
complainant and of the witnesses and the result of the inquiry or investigation (if any) under section 202,
the Magistrate is of opinion that there is no sufficient ground for proceeding, he shall dismiss the
complaint, and in every such case he shall briefly record his reasons for so doing.