CrPC § 158 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 158 CrPC — Report how submitted
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 177 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 177 — Report how submitted
(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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 177 in full