Case Law Analysis
|Gujarat High Court
Section 55 Wildlife Protection Act | Cognizance Requires Statutory Complaint by Authorised Officer, Not Police FIR : Gujarat HC
The Gujarat High Court quashed an FIR for wildlife offences, ruling that Section 55 mandates a formal complaint by a statutorily authorised officer for cognizance, not a police-style FIR. The decision reinforces that special statutes with specific complaint procedures oust the general CrPC framework, barring proceedings initiated without jurisdictional foundation.