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Under Section 188 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, a subordinate police officer who has investigated a cyber fraud complaint must report the result of the investigation to whom?

The subordinate police officer must report the result of his investigation to the officer in charge of the police station. Section 188 creates this internal reporting step. The station officer, not the subordinate, later forwards the final report to the Magistrate after the investigation is completed.

  1. AThe Magistrate empowered to take cognizance
  2. BThe officer in charge of the police stationCorrect
  3. CThe informant who lodged the complaint
  4. DThe State Government through its cyber cell

Explanation

Section 188 says that when a subordinate police officer has made an investigation under the Chapter, he shall report the result to the officer in charge of the police station. The report to the Magistrate is made later by the station officer under Section 193, so the Magistrate option mixes up the two stages.

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