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Sec 178 of BNSS - Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry

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Master Section 178 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - understand the power to hold investigation and preliminary inquiry under India's new criminal procedure law.

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