(1) Every report sent to a Magistrate under section 157 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.
Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
151 CrPC Information of design to commit cognizable offences
152 CrPC Prevention of injury to public property
153 CrPC Inspection of weights and measures
154 CrPC Information in cognizable cases
155 CrPC Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
156 CrPC Police officer's power to investigate cognizable case
157 CrPC Procedure for investigation
159 CrPC Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
160 CrPC Police officers power to require attendance of witnesses