Recently, the Madras HC answered an important question whether Private Complaint can be dismissed before taking cognizance on the ground of contradictions in the statements. The bench of Justice P. Dhanabal stated that “At the stage of taking cognizance, the Magistrate cannot peruse the veracity of the witnesses and the duty of the Magistrate is
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