Litigants can directly approach High Court if police station ‘rejects’ complainant, says Karnataka HC

The court says the procedure of approaching a superior officer and the Magistrate applies exclusively to cases of ‘refusal’ to record information and does not extend to cases of “rejection” of a complaint by a reasoned endorsement

​The court says the procedure of approaching a superior officer and the Magistrate applies exclusively to cases of ‘refusal’ to record information and does not extend to cases of “rejection” of a complaint by a reasoned endorsement