Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter IV: Powers of Superior Officers of Police and Aid to the Magistrates and the Police
Section 30: Powers of superior officers of police
In plain words
Police officers senior in rank to the officer in charge of a police station can use the same powers throughout their area as that officer can use within the station's limits.
A simplified explanation, prepared with AI assistance from the official text below and checked automatically against it for numbers and cross-references. The official text is the law and prevails over this summary. Not legal advice.
Official text
Police officers superior in rank to an officer in charge of a police station may exercise the same powers, throughout the local area to which they are appointed, as may be exercised by such officer within the limits of his station.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 30
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State of Karnataka v. T.N. Sudhakar Reddy
Whether High Court was justified in quashing the FIR registered against the Respondent in the absence of a preliminary enquiry before registration of FIR under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988;…