The matter in dispute was whether a magistrate can instruct the police to put into force an FIR after taking the preliminary statement from me as complainant and ordering it inquire into truth. It was held that 156 CRPC is relate to factors before accepting any case even during appeals which means before a verdict is taken and without making further appearance before the original court– i.e., before meaning in current criminal law as well civil rquirements for appeal Section 200 CRPC: Once the magistrate chose the complaint procedure and recorded preliminary statements under section 200, then he could not go back to the pre-cognizance stage by ordering police register FIR.