No cognizance of offence u/S. 188 IPC unless DM makes a complaint to Judicial Magistrate under S. 195 CrPC: Gurgaon District Court
“No Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under Section 172-188 of the IPC, except on the complaint in writing of the public servant concerned or of some other public servant to whom he is administratively subordinate”.