Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
Under section 157, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, it is obligatory on the part of the officer in charge of a Police Station to send a report forthwith to the Magistrate empowered to take cognizance of an offence on a police report regarding information received by him about the commission of a cognizable offence. In case the Magistrate finds that proper steps are not being taken by the Police, he may take such action under Section 159 of the Criminal Procedure Code as he may deem fit.