CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vs. VIJAY KUMAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Present petition is directed against the order passed by Special Judge, CBI whereby he has exercised his power under section 156(3) Cr.P.C. to direct Superintendent of Police, Central Bureau of Investigation to register a FIR and investigate the matter.

(2.) Operative part of the aforesaid judgment reads as under:-

(3.) It further needs to be noticed that CBI Manual provides that agency is entitled to conduct a preliminary enquiry into certain cases and thereafter take a decision where FIR is required to be registered or not. Procedure envisaged by the CBI Manual has been approved in judgment Vineet Narain Vs. Union of India, 1998 1 RCR(Cri) 357 . Para 63 sub para 12 reads as under:-