Under which Section of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, may a Magistrate direct search in his presence ?
Section 102
Section 103
Section 104
Section 105
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Section 103(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 explicitly states that any Magistrate may direct a search to be made in his presence of any place for the search of which he is competent to issue a search warrant.
Section 103(2) CrPC provides the legal basis for a Magistrate to oversee a search operation directly.