DELHI ADMINISTRATION vs RAM SINGH

The Supreme Court held that under the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956, only special police officers appointed under the Act have the authority to investigate offences defined therein, as established in Sections 2(1), 8, and 13(2) of the Act. The Court quashed the Magistrate's order that allowed a non-special police officer to present a charge-sheet, affirming that the Act is a complete code that prevails over the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, specifically Sections 5, 156, and 551. The dissenting opinion argued that the powers of a station-house officer were not excluded by the Act's provisions.